Origin and pathways of winter intermediate water in the northwestern mediterranean sea using observations and numerical simulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6621-6633

  Juza, Mélanie ^a   Renault, Lionel ^a,b   Ruiz, Simon ^c   Tintoré, Joaquin ^a,c  

^a SOCIB   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

gliders; Northwestern Mediterranean Sea; numerical simulation; Winter Intermediate Water; WIW origin and pathways

Indexed keywords

GLIDERS; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GENERAL CIRCULATION; INTERMEDIATE WATERS; NORTH-WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEAS; OCEAN STRATIFICATION; PREFERENTIAL PATHWAYS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WIW ORIGIN AND PATHWAYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER MASS; WINTER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84892916731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009231     Document Type: Article

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