Upper ocean salinity balance in the western equatorial Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C12, 1998, Pages 27567-27587

  Cronin, Meghan F ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINITY; SURFACE FLUX; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL MIXING;

(EQUATORIAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032534143     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JC02605     Document Type: Article

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