Seasonal patterns of wind-induced upwelling/downwelling in the Mediterranean Sea

The historical file of wind observations from maritime weather reports is summarized to identify the characteristic seasonal distributions of wind-induced Ekman upwelling and downwelling in the Mediterranean Sea. Both coastal upwelling/downwelling and wind-stress curl-driven open ocean upwelling/dow...

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Main Authors: Andrew Bakun, Vera Natalie Agostini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2001-09-01
Series:Scientia Marina
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Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/657