Multidecadal variability of potential temperature, salinity, and transport in the eastern subpolar North Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5945-5967

  Holliday, N P ^a   Cunningham, S A ^b   Johnson, C ^b   Gary, S F ^b   Griffiths, C ^b   Read, J F ^a   Sherwin, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate; decadal; interannual; ocean; uncertainty; warming

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; DATA QUALITY; DECADAL VARIATION; DEEP DRILLING; OVERTURN; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; WARMING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); HATTON BASIN; ICELAND BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA; ROCKALL TROUGH; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84944707354     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC010762     Document Type: Article

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