Recent climate forcing and physical oceanographic changes in Northern Hemisphere regions: A review and comparison of four marine ecosystems

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 10-28

  Drinkwater, K F ^a   Mueter, F ^b   Friedland, K D ^c   Taylor, M ^d   Hunt Jr , G L ^e   Hare, J ^c   Melle, W ^a  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CLIMATE FORCING; GEORGES BANK; GULF OF ALASKA; GULF OF MAINE; HEAT EXCHANGE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NET HEAT FLUX; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SALINITY CHANGE; SEA TEMPERATURE; WIND FORCING;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HEAT FLUX; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SALINITY; SEA ICE; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67749145139     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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