Comparison of the atmospheric forcing and oceanographic responses between the Labrador Sea and the Norwegian and Barents seas

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-25

  Drinkwater, K ^a,b   Colbourne, E ^c   Loeng, H ^a   Sundby, S ^a,b   Kristiansen, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DECADAL TIMESCALE; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DECADAL VARIATION; ICE COVER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BARENTS SEA; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84879258434     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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