Temperature and salinity trends in the upper waters of the Mediterranean Sea as determined from the MEDATLAS dataset

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1507-1522

  Painter, Stuart C ^a   Tsimplis, Michael N ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MEDATLAS; Salinity; Temperature; Trends

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0344946288     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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