Evidence of change in the winter mixed layer in the Northeast Pacific Ocean: A problem revisited

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-133

  Freeland, Howard J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate trends; Gulf of Alaska; Mixed layer depth

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN; WINTER;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84879349489     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2012.754330     Document Type: Article

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