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Barents Sea multidecadal variability
Author(s) -
Levitus S.,
Matishov G.,
Seidov D.,
Smolyar I.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2009gl039847
Subject(s) - atlantic multidecadal oscillation , climatology , series (stratigraphy) , geology , oceanography , north atlantic oscillation , environmental science , paleontology
We present area‐averaged time series of temperature for the 100–150 m depth layer of the Barents Sea from 1900 through 2006. This record is dominated by multidecadal variability on the order of 4°C which is correlated with the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation Index.