Hydrodynamic comparison between the north and south of Mallorca Island

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-50

  Amores, Angel ^a   Monserrat, Sebastià ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic current; Balearic sea; Hydrodynamic comparison; Mallorca channel; Mesoscale eddies; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; BALEARIC SEA; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MALLORCA; MALLORCA ISLANDS; MESOSCALE EDDY; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

DATA ACQUISITION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEAFLOOR; WATER DEPTH; WAVE VELOCITY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

CABRERA;

EID: 84906784766     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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