Long-term sea surface temperature variability along the U.S. East Coast

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1004-1017

  Shearman, R Kipp ^a   Lentz, Steven J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA EXCHANGE; COASTAL CURRENTS; COASTAL OCEAN; COASTAL OCEAN WATERS; EAST COAST; FLORIDA; GULF OF MAINE; HATTERAS; HISTORICAL OBSERVATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTH ATLANTIC; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE TRENDS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; LIGHTHOUSES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHIPS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL ZONE; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CAPE HATTERAS; GULF OF MAINE; HATTERAS ISLAND; LABRADOR; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955621574     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4300.1     Document Type: Article

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