Exchange Flow through the Strait of Gibraltar as Simulated by a σ-Coordinate Hydrostatic Model and a z-Coordinate Nonhydrostatic Model

The Mediterranean Sea: Temporal Variability and Spatial Patterns

Volumn 9781118847343, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-50

  Sannino, Gianmaria ^a   Garrido, J C Sánchez ^b   Liberti, L ^c   Pratt, L ^d  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; MITgcm; Nonhydrostatic model; Princeton Ocean Model (POM); Strait of Gibraltar (SoG)

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE FLOW; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EARTH SCIENCES;

EID: 84927685977     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118847572.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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