How much do tides affect the circulation of the Mediterranean Sea? From local processes in the Strait of Gibraltar to basin-scale effects

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 108-116

  Naranjo, C ^a   Garcia Lafuente, J ^a   Sannino, G ^b   Sanchez Garrido, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP CONVECTION; HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NEAR FIELD REGION; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS; TIDAL FORCING; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

TIDES;

MIXING; OCEANIC CONVECTION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TIDAL MODELING; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84908053357     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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