Recent changes in subsurface temperature and salinity in the Canary region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Benítez Barrios, Veronica M ^a   Hernandez Guerra A ^a   Velez Belchi P ^b   Machin F ^c   Fraile Nuez, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; DEEP WATERS; FRESHWATER FLUXES; MEDITERRANEAN WATER (MW); NEUTRAL SURFACES; NORTH ATLANTIC (NA); SUB-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; WATER MASS MODIFICATION;

SURFACES;

DEEP WATER; DISPLACEMENT; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY BASIN;

EID: 45749103336     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033329     Document Type: Article

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