Influence of interannual rainfall anomalies on sea level variations in the tropical Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Perigaud, Claire ^a   McCreary, Julian P ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

ERS; Indian Ocean; Rainfall; Salinity; Sea level; TOPEX

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; RAINFALL; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 1642440060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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