The influence of low-frequency variability and long-term trends in north Atlantic sea surface temperature on irish waters

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1480-1489

  Cannaby, Heather ^a   Hüsrevolu, Y Sinan ^a,b  

^a MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; East Atlantic Pattern; Global warming; Ireland; North Atlantic Oscillation; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES; WARMING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68349085529     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp062     Document Type: Article

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