Diagnosing the warming of the Northeastern U.S. Coastal Ocean in 2012: A linkage between the atmospheric jet stream variability and ocean response

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 218-227

  Chen, Ke ^a   Gawarkiewicz, Glen G ^a   Lentz, Steven J ^a   Bane, John M ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMMERCIAL FISHERIES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ADVECTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHING INDUSTRY; HEAT FLUX; JET STREAM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE HATTERAS; GULF OF MAINE; HATTERAS ISLAND; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898964299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009393     Document Type: Article

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