Interdecadal variability in Labrador Sea precipitation minus evaporation and salinity

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 341-357

  Myers, Paul G ^a   Josey, Simon A ^b   Wheler, Brett ^a   Kulan, Nilgun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

FRESHWATER FLUX; LABRADOR SEA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; EVAPORATION; GYRE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINITY; SEASONALITY; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 34250172743     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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