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        https://doi.org/10.5194/os-6-573-2010
                    © Author(s) 2010. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
                Importance of the variability of hydrographic preconditioning for deep convection in the Gulf of Lion, NW Mediterranean
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            Approach: In situ Observations | Depth range: All Depths | Geographical range: Mediterranean Sea | Phenomena: Temperature, Salinity and Density Fields
            
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                     
                                High-resolution observations in the western Mediterranean Sea: the REP14-MED experiment
                                
                                    
                            
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                            
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                     
                                The Mediterranean outflow in the Strait of Gibraltar and its connection with upstream conditions in the Alborán Sea
                                
                                    
                            
                        
                    
                    
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                     
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