Climatology of surface and near-bed temperature and salinity on the north-west European continental shelf for 1971-2000

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2286-2292

  Berx, Barbara ^a   Hughes, Sarah L ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatology; North west European continental shelf; Reference conditions; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELF SEA;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70350764713     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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