Climate variability and deep water mass characteristics in the Aegean Sea

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-158

  Georgiou, S ^a   Mantziafou, A ^a   Sofianos, S ^a   Gertman, I ^b   Ozsoy E ^c   Somot, S ^d   Vervatis, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Climate variability; Deep water

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN SEA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DEEP WATER; DEEP WATER MASS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEEP WATER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84908210767     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.07.023     Document Type: Article

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