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Geostrophic circulation and tidal effects in the Gulf of Gabès
Maher Bouzaiene
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Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Antonio Guarnieri
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
now at: DG MARE – European Commission, 1049 Brussels, Belgium
Damiano Delrosso
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Ahmad F. Dilmahamod
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Wischhofstr. 1–3, 24148 Kiel, Germany
Simona Simoncelli
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Claudia Fratianni
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
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Short summary
We analyze the geostrophic circulation and tidal effects in the Gulf of Gabès from 30 years of altimetry data (1993–2022) and the outputs of a high-resolution ocean model for the year 2022.
We analyze the geostrophic circulation and tidal effects in the Gulf of Gabès from 30 years of...
