Climatic variability and trends in the surface waters of coastal British Columbia

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 279-290

  Cummins, Patrick F ^a   Masson, Diane ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; COASTAL PRECIPITATION; CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FIRST-ORDER AUTOREGRESSIVE PROCESS; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WHITE NOISE PROCESS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; SURFACE WATERS; WIND STRESS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); WATER; WHITE NOISE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FRESHWATER INPUT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATER; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DISCHARGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); UPWELLING; WHITE NOISE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER; PACIFIC COAST [CANADA]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

EID: 84891037784     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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