Temperature variability in the Bay of Biscay during the past 40 years, from an in situ analysis and a 3D global simulation

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1070-1087

  Michel, S ^a   Treguier, A M ^b   Vandermeirsch, F ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

Air sea flux; Bay of Biscay; Climatic change; Heat budget; Interannual temperature variability; Ocean circulation model

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT BUDGET; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 64049099627     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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