Overview of environmental conditions in the Northwest Atlantic in 1996

NAFO Scientific Council Studies

Volumn , Issue 31, 1998, Pages 111-146

  Drinkwater, K F ^a   Colbourne, E ^b   Gilbert, D ^c  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Environment; Grand Bank; Gulf of Maine; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Oceanography; Scotian Shelf; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROGRAPHY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA ICE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032321958     PISSN: 02506432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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