Precipitation and sea-surface salinity in the tropical Pacific Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1123-1141

  Delcroix, Thierry ^a   Henin, Christian ^a   Porte, Véronique ^b   Arkin, Phillip ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; PRECIPITATION; SALINITY;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0030186874     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0637(96)00048-9     Document Type: Article

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