Intrusions of warm and salty waters onto the NW and N Iberian shelf in early spring and its relationship to climate variability

Journal of Atmospheric and Ocean Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-375

  Gonzalez Nuevo G ^a   Nogueira, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Eastern North Atlantic Central Water (ENAWC); Iberian poleward current (IPC); Spiciness; Sub surface front

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELF BREAK FRONT; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WARM WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); BAY OF BISCAY; IBERIAN SHELF;

EID: 34548553200     PISSN: 17417538     EISSN: 17417546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17417530601127597     Document Type: Article

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