Use of sea level observations to estimate salinity variability in the tropical pacific

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1401-1415

  Vossepoel, Femke C ^a,c,d   Reynolds, Richard W ^b   Miller, Laury ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; SALINITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL; TOPEX-POSEIDON; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033367212     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1401:UOSLOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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