Subarctic and Arctic sea surface temperature and its relation to ocean heat content 1982-2010

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Chepurin, Gennady A ^a   Carton, James A ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY;

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARCTIC SEA; ATMOSPHERIC EXPOSURES; COUNTERCLOCKWISE DIRECTIONS; DATA SETS; EAST GREENLAND CURRENTS; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT; OPERATIONAL PRODUCTS; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; SEASONAL CYCLE; SST ANOMALIES; SUBPOLAR GYRES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; AVHRR; DATA SET; GYRE; HEAT CAPACITY; LATITUDE; METEOROLOGY; OVERTURN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBARCTIC REGION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; NORWEGIAN CURRENT; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84862854749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007770     Document Type: Review

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