An examination of historical mixed layer depths along Line P in the Gulf of Alaska

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Li, Michelle ^a   Myers, Paul G ^a   Freeland, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PHASE SHIFT;

CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; CLIMATOLOGICAL CALCULATIONS; MIXED LAYER DEPTH (MLD); PENTADAL ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DEPTH; MIXED LAYER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GULF OF ALASKA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 20444461616     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021911     Document Type: Article

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