| Year |
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| 2024 |
Zhang Y, Hu C, McGillicuddy DJ, Barnes BB, Liu Y, Kourafalou VH, Zhang S, Hernandez FJ. Pelagic Sargassum in the Gulf of Mexico driven by ocean currents and eddies. Harmful Algae. 132: 102566. PMID 38331538 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2023.102566 |
0.403 |
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| 2021 |
Androulidakis Y, Kourafalou V, Le Hénaff M, Kang H, Ntaganou N. The Role of Mesoscale Dynamics over Northwestern Cuba in the Loop Current Evolution in 2010, during the Deepwater Horizon Incident Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 9: 188. DOI: 10.3390/JMSE9020188 |
0.406 |
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| 2020 |
Barker CH, Kourafalou VH, Beegle-Krause C, Boufadel M, Bourassa MA, Buschang SG, Androulidakis Y, Chassignet EP, Dagestad K, Danmeier DG, Dissanayake AL, Galt JA, Jacobs G, Marcotte G, Özgökmen T, et al. Progress in Operational Modeling in Support of Oil Spill Response Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 8: 668. DOI: 10.3390/Jmse8090668 |
0.706 |
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| 2020 |
Androulidakis Y, Kourafalou V, Hole LR, Hénaff ML, Kang H. Pathways of Oil Spills from Potential Cuban Offshore Exploration: Influence of Ocean Circulation Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 8: 535. DOI: 10.3390/Jmse8070535 |
0.383 |
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| 2020 |
Hénaff ML, Kourafalou VH, Androulidakis Y, Smith RH, Kang H, Hu C, Lamkin JT. In situ measurements of circulation features influencing cross‐shelf transport around Northwest Cuba Journal of Geophysical Research. 125. DOI: 10.1029/2019Jc015780 |
0.315 |
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| 2020 |
Androulidakis Y, Kourafalou V, Hénaff ML, Kang H, Ntaganou N, Hu C. Correction to: Gulf Stream evolution through the Straits of Florida: the role of eddies and upwelling near Cuba Ocean Dynamics. 70: 1281-1281. DOI: 10.1007/S10236-020-01393-1 |
0.385 |
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| 2020 |
Androulidakis Y, Kourafalou V, Hénaff ML, Kang H, Ntaganou N, Hu C. Gulf Stream evolution through the Straits of Florida: the role of eddies and upwelling near Cuba Ocean Dynamics. 70: 1005-1032. DOI: 10.1007/S10236-020-01381-5 |
0.572 |
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| 2019 |
Otis DB, Hénaff ML, Kourafalou VH, McEachron L, Müller-Karger FE. Mississippi River and Campeche Bank (Gulf of Mexico) Episodes of Cross-Shelf Export of Coastal Waters Observed with Satellites Remote Sensing. 11: 723. DOI: 10.3390/Rs11060723 |
0.478 |
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| 2019 |
Hole LR, Dagestad K, Röhrs J, Wettre C, Kourafalou VH, Androulidakis Y, Kang H, Hénaff ML, Garcia-Pineda O. The DeepWater Horizon Oil Slick: Simulations of River Front Effects and Oil Droplet Size Distribution Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 7: 329. DOI: 10.3390/Jmse7100329 |
0.414 |
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| 2019 |
Zhang Y, Hu C, Liu Y, Weisberg RH, Kourafalou VH. Submesoscale and Mesoscale Eddies in the Florida Straits: Observations from Satellite Ocean Color Measurements Geophysical Research Letters. 46: 13262-13270. DOI: 10.1029/2019Gl083999 |
0.362 |
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| 2019 |
Androulidakis Y, Kourafalou V, Le Hénaff M, Kang H, Sutton T, Chen S, Hu C, Ntaganou N. Offshore Spreading of Mississippi Waters: Pathways and Vertical Structure Under Eddy Influence Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 124: 5952-5978. DOI: 10.1029/2018Jc014661 |
0.43 |
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| 2019 |
Le Hénaff M, Muller-Karger FE, Kourafalou VH, Otis D, Johnson KA, McEachron L, Kang H. Coral mortality event in the Flower Garden Banks of the Gulf of Mexico in July 2016: Local hypoxia due to cross-shelf transport of coastal flood waters? Continental Shelf Research. 190: 103988. DOI: 10.1016/J.Csr.2019.103988 |
0.479 |
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| 2018 |
Sun S, Hu C, Garcia-Pineda O, Kourafalou V, Hénaff ML, Androulidakis Y. Remote sensing assessment of oil spills near a damaged platform in the Gulf of Mexico Marine Pollution Bulletin. 136: 141-151. PMID 30509795 DOI: 10.1016/J.Marpolbul.2018.09.004 |
0.335 |
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| 2018 |
Hole LR, Dagestad K, Röhrs J, Wettre C, Kourafalou VH, Androulidakis I, Hénaff ML, Kang H, Garcia-Pineda O. Revisiting the DeepWater Horizon spill: High resolution model simulations of effects of oil droplet size distribution and river fronts Ocean Science Discussions. 1-20. DOI: 10.5194/Os-2018-130 |
0.409 |
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| 2018 |
Androulidakis Y, Kourafalou V, Özgökmen T, Garcia‐Pineda O, Lund B, Le Hénaff M, Hu C, Haus BK, Novelli G, Guigand C, Kang H, Hole L, Horstmann J. Influence of River‐Induced Fronts on Hydrocarbon Transport: A Multiplatform Observational Study Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 123: 3259-3285. DOI: 10.1029/2017Jc013514 |
0.362 |
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| 2018 |
Kourafalou VH, Androulidakis YS, Kang H, Smith RH, Valle-Levinson A. Physical connectivity between Pulley Ridge and Dry Tortugas coral reefs under the influence of the Loop Current/Florida Current system Progress in Oceanography. 165: 75-99. DOI: 10.1016/J.Pocean.2018.05.004 |
0.523 |
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| 2018 |
Drury C, Paris CB, Kourafalou VH, Lirman D. Dispersal capacity and genetic relatedness in Acropora cervicornis on the Florida Reef Tract Coral Reefs. 37: 585-596. DOI: 10.1007/S00338-018-1683-0 |
0.33 |
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| 2017 |
Halliwell GR, Mehari MF, Hénaff ML, Kourafalou VH, Androulidakis IS, Kang HS, Atlas R. North Atlantic Ocean OSSE system: Evaluation of operational ocean observing system components and supplemental seasonal observations for potentially improving tropical cyclone prediction in coupled systems Journal of Operational Oceanography. 10: 154-175. DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2017.1322770 |
0.449 |
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| 2017 |
Mey PD, Stanev E, Kourafalou VH. Science in support of coastal ocean forecasting—part 1 Ocean Dynamics. 67: 665-668. DOI: 10.1007/S10236-017-1048-1 |
0.341 |
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| 2017 |
Kourafalou VH, Androulidakis Y, Hénaff ML, Kang HS. The Dynamics of Cuba Anticyclones (CubANs) and Interaction With the Loop Current/Florida Current System Journal of Geophysical Research. 122: 7897-7923. DOI: 10.1002/2017Jc012928 |
0.456 |
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| 2017 |
Halliwell GR, Mehari M, Shay LK, Kourafalou VH, Kang H, Kim HS, Dong J, Atlas R. OSSE quantitative assessment of rapid-response prestorm ocean surveys to improve coupled tropical cyclone prediction Journal of Geophysical Research. 122: 5729-5748. DOI: 10.1002/2017Jc012760 |
0.392 |
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| 2016 |
Klaus J, Kourafalou V, Piggot A, Reniers A, Kang H, Kumar N, Zahran E, Bachas L, Fernandez A, Gardinali P, Toborek M, Daunert S, Deo S, Solo-Gabriele H. Potential Impacts of PCBs on Sediment Microbiomes in a Tropical Marine Environment Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 4: 13. DOI: 10.3390/Jmse4010013 |
0.428 |
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| 2016 |
Smith SR, Briggs K, Lopez N, Kourafalou VH. Applying Automated Underway Ship Observations to Numerical Model Evaluation Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 33: 409-428. DOI: 10.1175/Jtech-D-15-0052.1 |
0.426 |
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| 2016 |
Kourafalou VH, Androulidakis YS, Halliwell GR, Kang HS, Mehari MM, Le Hénaff M, Atlas R, Lumpkin R. North Atlantic Ocean OSSE system development: Nature Run evaluation and application to hurricane interaction with the Gulf Stream Progress in Oceanography. 148: 1-25. DOI: 10.1016/J.Pocean.2016.09.001 |
0.555 |
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| 2016 |
Hiester HR, Morey SL, Dukhovskoy DS, Chassignet EP, Kourafalou VH, Hu C. A topological approach for quantitative comparisons of ocean model fields to satellite ocean color data Methods in Oceanography. 17: 232-250. DOI: 10.1016/J.Mio.2016.09.005 |
0.449 |
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| 2016 |
Androulidakis Y, Kourafalou V, Halliwell G, Le Hénaff M, Kang H, Mehari M, Atlas R. Hurricane interaction with the upper ocean in the Amazon-Orinoco plume region Ocean Dynamics. 1-30. DOI: 10.1007/S10236-016-0997-0 |
0.563 |
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| 2016 |
Le Hénaff M, Kourafalou VH. Mississippi waters reaching South Florida reefs under no flood conditions: synthesis of observing and modeling system findings Ocean Dynamics. 1-25. DOI: 10.1007/S10236-016-0932-4 |
0.635 |
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| 2015 |
Kourafalou VH, Mey PD, Staneva J, Ayoub N, Barth A, Chao Y, Cirano M, Fiechter J, Herzfeld M, Kurapov A, Moore AM, Oddo P, Pullen J, Westhuysen Avd, Weisberg RH. Coastal Ocean Forecasting: science foundation and user benefits Journal of Operational Oceanography. 8. DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2015.1022348 |
0.429 |
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| 2015 |
Kourafalou VH, Mey PD, Hénaff ML, Charria G, Edwards CA, He R, Herzfeld M, Pascual A, Stanev EV, Tintoré J, Usui N, Westhuysen AJvd, Wilkin J, Zhu X. Coastal Ocean Forecasting: system integration and evaluation Journal of Operational Oceanography. 8. DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2015.1022336 |
0.406 |
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| 2015 |
Oke PR, Larnicol G, Jones EM, Kourafalou V, Sperrevik AK, Carse F, Tanajura CAS, Mourre B, Tonani M, Brassington GB, Henaff ML, Halliwell GR, Atlas R, Moore AM, Edwards CA, et al. Assessing the impact of observations on ocean forecasts and reanalyses: Part 2, Regional applications Journal of Operational Oceanography. 8. DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2015.1022080 |
0.358 |
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| 2015 |
Halliwell GR, Kourafalou V, Le Hénaff M, Shay LK, Atlas R. OSSE impact analysis of airborne ocean surveys for improving upper-ocean dynamical and thermodynamical forecasts in the Gulf of Mexico Progress in Oceanography. 130: 32-46. DOI: 10.1016/J.Pocean.2014.09.004 |
0.433 |
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| 2015 |
Androulidakis YS, Kourafalou VH, Schiller RV. Process studies on the evolution of the Mississippi River plume: Impact of topography, wind and discharge conditions Continental Shelf Research. 107: 33-49. DOI: 10.1016/J.Csr.2015.07.014 |
0.781 |
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| 2014 |
Androulidakis YS, Kourafalou VH, Le Hénaff M. Influence of frontal cyclone evolution on the 2009 (Ekman) and 2010 (Franklin) Loop Current eddy detachment events Ocean Science. 10: 947-965. DOI: 10.5194/Os-10-947-2014 |
0.424 |
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| 2014 |
Schiller RV, Kourafalou VH. Loop Current Impact on the Transport of Mississippi River Waters Journal of Coastal Research. 30: 1287-1306. DOI: 10.2112/Jcoastres-D-13-00025.1 |
0.767 |
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| 2014 |
Gerin R, Kourafalou V, Poulain PM, Beşiktepe S. Influence of Dardanelles outflow induced thermal fronts and winds on drifter trajectories in the Aegean Sea Mediterranean Marine Science. 15: 239-249. DOI: 10.12681/Mms.464 |
0.539 |
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| 2014 |
Halliwell GR, Srinivasan A, Kourafalou V, Yang H, Willey D, Hénaff ML, Atlas R. Rigorous Evaluation of a Fraternal Twin Ocean OSSE System for the Open Gulf of Mexico Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 31: 105-130. DOI: 10.1175/Jtech-D-13-00011.1 |
0.414 |
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| 2014 |
Tsiaras KP, Petihakis G, Kourafalou VH, Triantafyllou G. Impact of the river nutrient load variability on the North Aegean ecosystem functioning over the last decades Journal of Sea Research. 86: 97-109. DOI: 10.1016/J.Seares.2013.11.007 |
0.399 |
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| 2014 |
Le Hénaff M, Kourafalou VH, Dussurget R, Lumpkin R. Cyclonic activity in the eastern Gulf of Mexico: Characterization from along-track altimetry and in situ drifter trajectories Progress in Oceanography. 120: 120-138. DOI: 10.1016/J.Pocean.2013.08.002 |
0.451 |
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| 2014 |
Ghani MH, Hole LR, Fer I, Kourafalou VH, Wienders N, Kang H, Drushka K, Peddie D. The sailBuoy remotely-controlled unmanned vessel: Measurements of near surface temperature, salinity and oxygen concentration in the northern gulf of mexico Methods in Oceanography. 10: 104-121. DOI: 10.1016/J.Mio.2014.08.001 |
0.379 |
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| 2013 |
Androulidakis YS, Kourafalou VH. On the processes that influence the transport and fate of Mississippi waters under flooding outflow conditions Ocean Dynamics. 63: 143-164. DOI: 10.1007/S10236-012-0587-8 |
0.582 |
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| 2013 |
Kourafalou VH, Androulidakis YS. Influence of Mississippi River induced circulation on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill transport Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 118: 3823-3842. DOI: 10.1002/Jgrc.20272 |
0.46 |
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| 2012 |
Paris CB, Hénaff ML, Aman ZM, Subramaniam A, Helgers J, Wang DP, Kourafalou VH, Srinivasan A. Evolution of the Macondo well blowout: simulating the effects of the circulation and synthetic dispersants on the subsea oil transport. Environmental Science & Technology. 46: 13293-302. PMID 23167517 DOI: 10.1021/Es303197H |
0.392 |
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| 2012 |
Le Hénaff M, Kourafalou VH, Paris CB, Helgers J, Aman ZM, Hogan PJ, Srinivasan A. Surface evolution of the deepwater horizon oil spill patch: combined effects of circulation and wind-induced drift. Environmental Science & Technology. 46: 7267-73. PMID 22676453 DOI: 10.1021/Es301570W |
0.466 |
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| 2012 |
Sponaugle S, Paris C, Walter KD, Kourafalou V, D'Alessandro E. Observed and modeled larval settlement of a reef fish to the Florida Keys Marine Ecology Progress Series. 453: 201-212. DOI: 10.3354/Meps09641 |
0.421 |
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| 2012 |
Kourafalou VH, Kang H. Florida Current meandering and evolution of cyclonic eddies along the Florida Keys Reef Tract: Are they interconnected? Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 117. DOI: 10.1029/2011Jc007383 |
0.508 |
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| 2012 |
Le Hénaff M, Kourafalou VH, Morel Y, Srinivasan A. Simulating the dynamics and intensification of cyclonic Loop Current Frontal Eddies in the Gulf of Mexico Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 117. DOI: 10.1029/2011Jc007279 |
0.462 |
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| 2012 |
Tsiaras KP, Kourafalou VH, Raitsos DE, Triantafyllou G, Petihakis G, Korres G. Inter-annual productivity variability in the North Aegean Sea: Influence of thermohaline circulation during the Eastern Mediterranean Transient Journal of Marine Systems. 96: 72-81. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jmarsys.2012.02.003 |
0.507 |
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| 2012 |
Androulidakis YS, Kourafalou VH, Krestenitis YN, Zervakis V. Variability of deep water mass characteristics in the North Aegean Sea: The role of lateral inputs and atmospheric conditions Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 67: 55-72. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.05.004 |
0.392 |
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| 2012 |
Androulidakis YS, Krestenitis YN, Kourafalou VH. Connectivity of North Aegean circulation to the Black Sea water budget Continental Shelf Research. 48: 8-26. DOI: 10.1016/J.Csr.2012.08.019 |
0.543 |
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| 2011 |
Schiller RV, Kourafalou VH, Hogan P, Walker ND. The dynamics of the Mississippi River plume: Impact of topography, wind and offshore forcing on the fate of plume waters Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 116. DOI: 10.1029/2010Jc006883 |
0.782 |
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| 2011 |
Androulidakis YS, Kourafalou VH. Evolution of a buoyant outflow in the presence of complex topography: The Dardanelles plume (North Aegean Sea) Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 116. DOI: 10.1029/2010Jc006316 |
0.569 |
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| 2011 |
Mariano AJ, Kourafalou VH, Srinivasan A, Kang H, Halliwell GR, Ryan EH, Roffer M. On the modeling of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. 52: 322-340. DOI: 10.1016/J.Dynatmoce.2011.06.001 |
0.361 |
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| 2010 |
Schiller RV, Kourafalou VH. Modeling river plume dynamics with the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model Ocean Modelling. 33: 101-117. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ocemod.2009.12.005 |
0.767 |
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| 2009 |
Karageorgis AP, Kourafalou VH, Anagnostou C, Tsiaras KP, Raitsos DE, Papadopoulos V, Papadopoulos A. River-induced particle distribution in the northwestern Black Sea (September 2002 and 2004) Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 114. DOI: 10.1029/2009Jc005460 |
0.55 |
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| 2009 |
Kourafalou VH, Peng G, Kang H, Hogan PJ, Smedstad OM, Weisberg RH. Evaluation of global ocean data assimilation experiment products on south florida nested simulations with the hybrid coordinate ocean model Ocean Dynamics. 59: 47-66. DOI: 10.1007/S10236-008-0160-7 |
0.519 |
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| 2009 |
Blain CA, Cambazoglu MK, Kourafalou VH. Modeling the Dardanelles Strait outflow plume using a coupled model system Mts/Ieee Biloxi - Marine Technology For Our Future: Global and Local Challenges, Oceans 2009. |
0.381 |
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| 2008 |
Tsiaras KP, Kourafalou VH, Davidov A, Staneva J. A three-dimensional coupled model of the Western Black Sea plankton dynamics: Seasonal variability and comparison to Sea WiFS data Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 113. DOI: 10.1029/2006Jc003959 |
0.498 |
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| 2007 |
Olson DB, Kourafalou VH, Johns WE, Samuels G, Veneziani M. Aegean surface circulation from a satellite-tracked drifter array Journal of Physical Oceanography. 37: 1898-1917. DOI: 10.1175/Jpo3028.1 |
0.555 |
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| 2007 |
Soares ID, Kourafalou V, Lee TN. Circulation on the western South Atlantic continental shelf: 2. Spring and autumn realistic simulations Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 112. DOI: 10.1029/2006Jc003620 |
0.545 |
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| 2007 |
Soares ID, Kourafalou V, Lee TN. Circulation on the western South Atlantic continental shelf 1. Numerical process studies on buoyancy Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 112. DOI: 10.1029/2006Jc003618 |
0.511 |
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| 2006 |
Kourafalou VH, Tsiaras K. A nested circulation model for the North Aegean Sea Ocean Science. 3: 1-16. DOI: 10.5194/Os-3-1-2007 |
0.5 |
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| 2005 |
Sponaugle S, Lee T, Kourafalou V, Pinkard D. Florida Current frontal eddies and the settlement of coral reef fishes Limnology and Oceanography. 50: 1033-1048. DOI: 10.4319/Lo.2005.50.4.1033 |
0.499 |
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| 2004 |
Kourafalou VH, Tsiaras K, Staneva J. Numerical studies on the dynamics of the northwestern black sea shelf Mediterranean Marine Science. 5: 133-142. DOI: 10.12681/Mms.218 |
0.592 |
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| 2004 |
Kourafalou VH, Savvidis YG, Krestenitis YN, Koutitas CG. Modelling studies on the processes that influence matter transfer on the Gulf of Thermaikos (NW Aegean Sea) Continental Shelf Research. 24: 203-222. DOI: 10.1016/J.Csr.2003.10.009 |
0.504 |
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| 2003 |
Kourafalou VH, Barbopoulos K. High resolution simulations on the North Aegean Sea seasonal circulation Annales Geophysicae. 21: 251-265. DOI: 10.5194/Angeo-21-251-2003 |
0.567 |
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| 2003 |
Kontoyiannis H, Kourafalou VH, Papadopoulos V. Seasonal characteristics of the hydrology and circulation in the northwest Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean): Observations and modeling Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans. 108: 18-1. DOI: 10.1029/2001Jc001132 |
0.574 |
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| 2002 |
Zavatarelli M, Pinardi N, Kourafalou VH, Maggiore A. Diagnostic and prognostic model studies of the Adriatic Sea general circulation: Seasonal variability Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 107. DOI: 10.1029/2000Jc000210 |
0.47 |
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| 2001 |
Kourafalou VH, Stanev EV. Modeling the impact of atmospheric and terrestrial inputs on the Black Sea coastal dynamics Annales Geophysicae. 19: 245-256. DOI: 10.5194/Angeo-19-245-2001 |
0.603 |
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| 2001 |
Kourafalou VH. River plume development in semi-enclosed Mediterranean regions: North Adriatic Sea and Northwestern Aegean Sea Journal of Marine Systems. 30: 181-205. DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(01)00058-6 |
0.608 |
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| 1999 |
Kourafalou VH. Process studies on the Po River plume, North Adriatic Sea Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 104: 29963-29985. DOI: 10.1029/1999Jc900217 |
0.6 |
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| 1996 |
Kourafalou VH, Lee TN, Oey LY, Wang JD. The fate of river discharge on the continental shelf 2. Transport of coastal low-salinity waters under realistic wind and tidal forcing Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans. 101: 3435-3455. DOI: 10.1029/95Jc03025 |
0.588 |
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| 1996 |
Kourafalou VH, Oey LY, Wang JD, Lee TN. The fate of river discharge on the continental shelf 1. Modeling the river plume and the inner shelf coastal current Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans. 101: 3415-3434. DOI: 10.1029/95Jc03024 |
0.615 |
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| 1984 |
Kourafalou V, Wang JD, Lee TN. Circulation on the Continental Shelf of the Southeastern United States. Part III: Modeling the Winter Wind-Driven Flow Journal of Physical Oceanography. 14: 1022-1031. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1984)014<1022:Cotcso>2.0.Co;2 |
0.531 |
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| 1984 |
Wang JD, Kourafalou V, Lee TN. Circulation on the Continental Shelf of the Southeastern United States. Part II: Model Development and Application to Tidal Flow Journal of Physical Oceanography. 14: 1013-1021. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1984)014<1013:Cotcso>2.0.Co;2 |
0.441 |
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| 1984 |
Lee TN, Ho WJ, Kourafalou V, Wang JD. Circulation On the Continental Shelf of the Southeastern United States. Part I: Subtidal Response to Wind and Gulf Stream Forcing During Winter Journal of Physical Oceanography. 14: 1001-1012. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1984)014<1001:Cotcso>2.0.Co;2 |
0.51 |
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