Decadal variability of hydrography in the upper Northern North Atlantic in 1948-1990

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C4, 1997, Pages 8505-8531

  Reverdin, G ^a,c   Cayan, D ^b   Kushnir, Y ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIABILITY; GYRES; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030868937     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC03943     Document Type: Article

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