Anomalous temperature and salinity variations in the Tropical Atlantic: Possible causes and implications for the use of altimeter data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2281-2284

  Segschneider, J ^a   Balmaseda, M ^a   Anderson, D L T ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALINITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINE WATER; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ALTIMETER DATA; BOREAL SPRING; NEAR-REAL TIME; SALINITY VARIATIONS; SEASONAL FORECASTS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TOPEX/POSEIDON; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

SEA LEVEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SALINITY VARIATIONS;

EID: 0034352729     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011310     Document Type: Article

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