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Research article
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19 Jul 2013
Research article |
| 19 Jul 2013
Daily scale wintertime sea surface temperature and IPC-Navidad variability in the southern Bay of Biscay from 1981 to 2010
G. Esnaola
AZTI-Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia Portualdea z/g, 20110 Pasaia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Department of Applied Physics II, Fac. of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
Research Center for Experimental Marine Biology and BioTechnology (PIE-UPV/EHU), Areatza Pasealekua, 48620 Plentzia, Spain
E. Zorita
Institute for Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Straß e 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
A. Fontán
AZTI-Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia Portualdea z/g, 20110 Pasaia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
V. Valencia
AZTI-Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia Portualdea z/g, 20110 Pasaia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
P. Lazure
Department DYNECO, IFREMER, Centre de Brest, BP 70, 29280 Plouzané, France
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