Climate change in the Western Mediterranean Sea 1900-2008

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-176

  Vargas Yanez M ^a   Moya, F ^a   Garcia Martinez M C ^a   Tel, E ^b   Zunino, P ^a   Plaza, F ^c   Salat, J ^d   Pascual, J ^d   Lopez Jurado J L ^e   Serra, M ^e  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Monitoring systems; Time series; Trend detection; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; MONITORING; TIME SERIES;

LEVANTINE INTERMEDIATE WATERS; MONITORING SYSTEM; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TREND DETECTION; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP WATER; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SALINITY; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 77954864707     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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