Extreme cooling and dense water formation estimates in open and coastal regions of the Adriatic Sea during the winter of 2012

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3200-3218

  Janeković, Ivica ^a   Mihanović, Hrvoje ^b   Vilibić, Ivica ^b   Tudor, Martina ^c  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^c METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; bottom density currents; dense water formation; exceptional cooling event

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; RIVERS;

ADRIATIC SEA; ADRIATIC SHELF; BOTTOM DENSITY CURRENT; COASTAL REGIONS; DENSE WATER GENERATION; DENSE WATERS; EXCEPTIONAL COOLING EVENT; RIVER DISCHARGE;

STREAM FLOW;

COASTAL ZONE; COOLING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MODELING; RIVER FLOW; SIMULATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WINTER;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84903156928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC009865     Document Type: Article

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