Effects of winter convection on the deep layer of the Southern Adriatic Sea in 2012

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6064-6075

  Bensi, M ^a   Cardin, V ^a   Rubino, A ^b   Notarstefano, G ^a   Poulain, P M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; bottom arrested currents; dense water formation

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; CONDUCTIVITY-TEMPERATURE-DEPTH DATUM; DENSE WATERS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; PROFILING FLOAT; WINTER CONVECTION;

STREAM FLOW;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; CLIMATIC REGION; DEEP SEA; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC CONVECTION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WINTER;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84890162679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009432     Document Type: Article

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