Introduction to the special section: The role of surface salinity on upper ocean dynamics, air-sea interaction and climate

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Lagerloef, Gary S E ^a  

^a EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Salinity; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; UPPER OCEAN;

EID: 0038583820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001669     Document Type: Article

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