Climate and oceanographic variability in the Northwest Atlantic during the 1980s and early-1990s

NAFO Scientific Council Studies

Volumn , Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7-27

  Drinkwater, K F ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Oceanography; Temperatures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002867152     PISSN: 02506432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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