Linear trends in salinity for the World Ocean, 1955-1998

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Boyer, Timothy P ^a   Levitus, S ^a   Antonov, J I ^a   Locarnini, R A ^a   Garcia, H E ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

FRESHENING; SALINITY; WORLD OCEAN;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ANOMALY; SALINITY; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 16344383371     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021791     Document Type: Article

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