Changes in temperature and salinity tendencies of the upper subtropical north atlantic ocean at 24.5on

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2546-2555

  Vélez Belchí, Pedro ^a   Hernández Guerra, Alonso ^b   Fraile Nuez, Eugenio ^a   Benítez Barrios, Verónica ^b  

^a Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multidecadal variability; North Atlantic Ocean; Salinity; Ship observations; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIABILITY; HEAT TRANSPORT; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; OCEAN TRANSPORTS; SALINITY; UPPER OCEAN;

COOLING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SHIPS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; SALINITY; UPPER OCEAN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 78650208763     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4410.1     Document Type: Article

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