Long-term hydrographic changes at 52 and 66°W in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre and Caribbean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 245-278

  Joyce, Terrence M ^a   Pickart, Robert S ^a   Millard, Robert C ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYRE; HYDROGRAPHY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SALINITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0032962550     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00102-7     Document Type: Article

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