On the mechanisms behind salinity anomaly signals of the northern North Atlantic

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-202

  Sundby, Svein ^a   Drinkwater, Kenneth ^a  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decadal scale oscillations; North Atlantic oscillation; Salinity anomalies; Volume fluxes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; SALINE WATER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DECADAL-SCALE OSCILLATIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SALINITY ANOMALIES; VOLUME FLUXES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANOMALY; DECADAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HYDROGRAPHY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLUME CHANGE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 34248146587     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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