Warming and salinification of intermediate and deep waters in the Irminger Sea and Iceland Basin in 1997-2006

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Sarafanov, Artem ^a   Sokov, Alexey ^a   Demidov, Alexander ^b   Falina, Anastasia ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEAWATER; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DEEP WATERS; SALINIFICATION; SUBSTANTIAL STEADY WARMING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DECADAL VARIATION; DEEP WATER; INTERMEDIATE WATER; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND BASIN; IRMINGER SEA; LABRADOR SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 39049126451     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031074     Document Type: Article

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