Warming and salting in the western Mediterranean during the second half of the 20th century: Inconsistencies, unknowns and the effect of data processing

Scientia Marina

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-28

  Vargas Yáñez, Manuel ^a   Moya, Francina ^a   Tel, Elena ^b   García Martínez, M Carmen ^a   Guerber, Etienne ^c   Bourgeon, Maxime ^c  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Salinity trend; Warming trend; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA PROCESSING; DECADAL VARIATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SALINITY; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALBORAN SEA; BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67649519007     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73n1007     Document Type: Article

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