Global synchrony of an accelerating rise in sea surface temperature

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1435-1450

  Reid, Philip C ^a,b,c   Beaugrand, Gre Gory ^d  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Gyre Index; Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; Boundary currents; Earthquake; Ecosystem synchrony; El Ni o; Principal component analysis; Regime shift; Sea surface temperature; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EL NINO; MELTING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNCHRONY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 84867524175     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315412000549     Document Type: Article

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