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under global warming? Geophys Res Lett 38:L02603. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL045934
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Western Mediterranean shelf. Glob Planet Change 63(2–3):177–184
Vargas-Yáñez M, Zunino P, Schroeder K et al (2012) Extreme Western Intermediate Water
formation in Winter 2010. J Mar Syst 105–108:52–29
Vázquez A, Bruno M, Izquierdo A et al (2008) Meteorologically forced subinertial flows and
internal wave generation at the main Sill of the Strait of Gibraltar. Deep-Sea Res I 55
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T. Ramírez et al.