Combined Effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Arctic Oscillation on Sea Surface Temperature in the Alborán Sea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Báez, José C ^a,b   Gimeno, Luis ^c   Gómez Gesteira, Moncho ^c   Ferri Yáñez, Francisco ^d   Real, Raimundo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ALBORAN SEA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COLD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WATERSHED;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE; FRESH WATER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; SNOW; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84876333810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062201     Document Type: Article

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