Surface circulation in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea) from radar, model, and ADCP comparisons

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6183-6200

  Cosoli, Simone ^a   Ličer, Matjaž ^b   Vodopivec, Martin ^b   Malačič, Vlado ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; HF coastal radars; ocean circulation models; surface circulation

Indexed keywords

RADAR;

ADRIATIC SEA; COASTAL RADARS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION DECOMPOSITIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; REGIONAL CIRCULATION MODELING; SURFACE CIRCULATION; SURFACE CIRCULATION FEATURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; JET FLOW; MOORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADAR; TIDAL CYCLE;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84890411733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009261     Document Type: Article

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