Changes in Atlantic water properties: An important factor in the European Arctic marine climate

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 864-869

  Walczowski, Waldemar ^a   Piechura, Jan ^a   Goszczko, Ilona ^a   Wieczorek, Piotr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atlantic water; climate; interannual variability; Nordic Seas; ocean currents

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HEAT BALANCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANIC CURRENT; SALINITY; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84863561582     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss068     Document Type: Article

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