Continental runoff and effects on the North Atlantic Ocean subtropical mode water

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2977-2980

  Atkinson, Larry P ^a   Grosch, Chester E ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW OF WATER; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LOW-SALINITY WATER; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SALINITY VARIATIONS; SPEARMAN RANK CORRELATION; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS;

RUNOFF;

EID: 0033208545     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL010377     Document Type: Article

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