Retrospective analysis of the salinity variability in the western tropical Pacific Ocean using an indirect minimization approach

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 512-524

  Maes, Christophe ^a,b   Behringer, David ^a   Reynolds, Richard W ^a   Ming, Ji ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b SCEM/PREVI/MAR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

(TROPICAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034038499     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0512:RAOTSV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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