Decadal-scale temperature trends in the Southern Hemisphere ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4749-4765

  Gille, Sarah T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; AUTONOMOUS FLOATS; GLOBAL SCALES; HEAT CONTENTS; POLEWARD SHIFTS; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES; SOUTHERN OCEANS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; TIME PERIODS; WARMING TRENDS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

DECADAL VARIATION; HYDROGRAPHY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 42049083697     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2131.1     Document Type: Article

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