Are ocean deserts getting larger?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Irwin, Andrew J ^a   Oliver, Matthew J ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; EARTH (PLANET); HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EARTH'S CLIMATE; IN-PHASE; MULTIPLE SATELLITES; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOME; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES;

EID: 70849115779     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039883     Document Type: Article

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