Interannual variability of newly formed Labrador Sea water from 1994 to 2005

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Avsic, Tom ^a   Karstensen, Johannes ^a   Send, Uwe ^b   Fischer, Jürgen ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; HEATING; MOORING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FRESHWATER; HYDROGRAPHIC PROPERTIES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY;

SEAWATER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANOMALY; CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONVECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 34248527517     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026913     Document Type: Article

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