Understanding the causes of recent warming of mediterranean waters. How much could be attributed to climate change?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Macias, Diego ^a   Garcia Gorriz, Elisa ^a   Stips, Adolf ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; CHEMISTRY; SPACE FLIGHT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

SEA WATER;

GLOBAL WARMING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEAWATER; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84896692085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081591     Document Type: Article

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