Variability of the large scale general circulation of the Mediterranean Sea from observations and modelling: a review

2000/05/01 by N. Pinardi, Nadia Pinardi, E. Masetti · 549 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Atmospheric circulation #Atmospheric sciences #Circulation (fluid dynamics) #Climatology #Current (fluid) #Environmental science #Forcing (mathematics) #Geography #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Mediterranean climate #Mediterranean sea #Mesoscale meteorology #Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing #Ocean current #Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes #Oceanography #Physics

paper · doi:10.1016/s0031-0182(00)00048-1

published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 158(3-4), 153-173 (Elsevier BV)

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