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19 novembre 2018
- doi: 10.4000/books.irdeditions.23139
- isbn: 9782709922197
- eisbn: 9782709922203
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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changement climatique Méditerranée COP22 Allenvi Allenvi climatic change COP22 Mediterranean Environmental Studies NAT011000 RNKSujets proches
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Philippe Drobinski et al., « Sub-chapter 1.3.2. Strong winds », IRD Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.irdeditions.23139
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Introduction The Mediterranean Sea is an almost enclosed basin surrounded by mountain chains with a complex coastal orography and numerous islands, many of which mountainous. The complexity of the physiographic characteristics deeply influences the atmospheric circulation at local scale, giving rise to strong regional wind regimes (see fig. 1) (HMSO, 1962). In the Alboran Sea (the westernmost Mediterranean), the levanter blows from the east and in winter it can be strong and long lasting (up ...