The seasonal cycle of the Atlantic Jet dynamics in the Alboran Sea: direct atmospheric forcing versus Mediterranean thermohaline circulation

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 137-151

  Macias, Diego ^a   Garcia Gorriz, Elisa ^a   Stips, Adolf ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Atlantic Jet; Mediterranean Sea; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL;

ALBORAN SEA; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SURFACE WATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WIND FORCING; ZONAL WIND;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84957958000     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-015-0914-y     Document Type: Article

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