Interannual variability of water mass properties in the Tunisia-Sicily Channel

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-28

  Ben Ismail, Sana ^a   Schroeder, Katrin ^b   Sammari, Chérif ^a   Gasparini, Gian Pietro ^b   Borghini, Mireno ^b   Aleya, Lotfi ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Eastern mediterranean transient; Interannual variability; Tunisia sicily channel; Water masses

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROLOGICAL TIME-SERIES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LEVANTINE INTERMEDIATE WATERS; TUNISIA-SICILY CHANNEL; WATER MASS; WESTERN INTERMEDIATE WATERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRUISE REPORT; MIXING; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES; WATER MASS;

STRAIT OF SICILY; TUNISIA;

EID: 84894102889     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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