The drift of Modified Atlantic Water from the Alboran Sea to the eastern Mediterranean
The Algerian basin is a region of the western Mediterranean with a highly variable circulation structure, including the eastward transport of Modified Atlantic Water (MAW) in its surface layer. An experiment with satellite tracked Lagrangian drifters was performed in 1996-97 to analyse the mesoscale...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
1998-09-01
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Series: | Scientia Marina |
Online Access: | http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/965 |