The abyss of the nordic seas is warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3297-3304

  Østerhus, Svein ^a   GammelsrØd, Tor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; DEEP WATER; WARMING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0033226298     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3297:TAOTNS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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