Response of the Adriatic Sea to an intense cold air outbreak: Dense water dynamics and wave-induced transport

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-138

  Benetazzo, A ^a   Bergamasco, A ^a   Bonaldo, D ^a   Falcieri, F M ^a   Sclavo, M ^a   Langone, L ^b   Carniel, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER WAVES;

COLD AIR OUTBREAK; DENSE SHELF WATER; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OCEAN CIRCULATION;

STREAM FLOW;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COLD AIR; DENSE WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; RESIDENCE TIME; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE; WAVE ACTION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84907999137     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2014.08.015     Document Type: Article

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