Impacts of the Nile River damming on the thermohaline circulation and water mass characteristics of the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 52, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 121-143

  Skliris, N ^a   Lascaratos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Deep water formation; Environmental impact; Mediterranean sea; Modeling; River discharge; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SITE SELECTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

FRESHWATER; LEVANTINE INTERMEDIATE WATER (LIW); WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN DEEP WATER (WMDW);

RIVERS;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DEEP WATER FORMATION; MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NILE RIVER; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 9244240823     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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