Recent accelerated warming of the continental shelf off New Jersey: Observations from the CMV Oleander expendable bathythermograph line

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2370-2384

  Forsyth, Jacob Samuel Tse ^a,b   Andres, Magdalena ^a   Gawarkiewicz, Glen G ^b  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

expendable bathythermograph; Middle Atlantic Bight; ocean heat content; Oleander; sea level; shelfbreak front

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; INSTRUMENTATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHELF BREAK FRONT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WARMING; WATER COLUMN;

BERMUDA; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

NERIUM;

EID: 84927740612     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010516     Document Type: Article

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