Extreme air-sea interactions in the Gulf of Trieste (North Adriatic) during the strong Bora event in winter 2012

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5238-5250

  Raicich, F ^a   Malacic V ^b   Celio, M ^c   Giaiotti, D ^c   Cantoni, C ^a   Colucci, R R ^a   Cermelj B ^b   Pucillo, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c Regional Environmental Protection Agency ARPA FVG   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; air sea interactions; dense water formation; Gulf of Trieste; heat fluxes

Indexed keywords

HEAT LOSSES; STREAM FLOW;

ADRIATIC SEA; AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DENSE WATERS; LINEAR CORRELATION; MARINE OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TRIESTE;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DENSE WATER; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MASS; WIND DIRECTION; WINTER;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84890282802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20398     Document Type: Article

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