Present wave climate in the bay of biscay: Spatiotemporal variability and trends from 1958 to 2001

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2020-2039

  Charles, Elodie ^a   Idier, Déborah ^a   Thiébot, Jérôme ^a   Cozannet, Gonéri Le ^a   Pedreros, Rodrigo ^a   Ardhuin, Fabrice ^b   Planton, Serge ^c  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c Centre National de Recherches Mé téorologiques   (France)

Author keywords

Interannual variability; Ocean models; Sea state; Sea ocean surface; Teleconnections; Trends

Indexed keywords

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN MODEL; SEA STATE; TELECONNECTIONS; TRENDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

WATER WAVES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 84858609382     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00086.1     Document Type: Article

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