Labrador slope water entering the Gulf of Maine-response to the North Atlantic Oscillation

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 150-155

  Mountain, David G ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Maine; Labrador slope water; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84867142118     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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