Influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on climatic factors and estuarine water temperature on the Basque coast (Bay of Biscay): Comparative analysis of three seasonal NAO indices

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 750-758

  Aravena, Guillermo ^a   Villate, Fernando ^a   Iriarte, Arantza ^a   Uriarte, Ibon ^b   Ibáñez, Berta ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Faculty of Pharmacy   (Spain)

^c Fundación Vasca de Innovación e Investigación Sanitarias   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Climate; Estuaries; Hydrology; North Atlantic Oscillation; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EIGENVALUE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TIME SERIES; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 61449128136     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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