Po River plume pattern variability investigated from model data

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-95

  Falcieri, Francesco Marcello ^a   Benetazzo, Alvise ^a   Sclavo, Mauro ^a   Russo, Aniello ^a,b   Carniel, Sandro ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal plume; Northern adriatic sea; Numerical modeling; Po river; Self organizing maps

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO RIVER;

EID: 84908075495     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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