Hydrographic situation during cruise M84/3 and P414 (spring 2011) in the Mediterranean Sea

Ocean Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 669-682

  Hainbucher, D ^a   Rubino, A ^b   Cardin, V ^c   Tanhua, T ^d   Schroeder, K ^e   Bensi, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

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

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER MASS;

LEBANON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84907993877     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-10-669-2014     Document Type: Article

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