Salinity effects in a tropical ocean model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C2, 1998, Pages 3283-3300

  Murtugudde, Ragu ^a,b   Busalacchi, Antonio J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GCM; MIXED LAYER; SALINITY; TROPICS;

EID: 0032519261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc02438     Document Type: Article

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