Cold event in the South Atlantic Bight during summer of 2003: Anomalous hydrographic and atmospheric conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Aretxabaleta, Alfredo ^a   Nelson, James R ^b   Blanton, Jack O ^b   Seim, Harvey E ^a   Werner, Francisco E ^a   Bane, John M ^a   Weisberg, Robert ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COLD EFFECTS; MOORING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND;

CLIMATOLOGY; COLD AIR; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HYDROGRAPHY; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 33751103426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003105     Document Type: Article

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