Seasonal salt budget of the northwestern tropical Atlantic Ocean along 38°W

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Foltz, Gregory R ^a   Grodsky, Semyon A ^a   Carton, James A ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

PIRATA buoy; Salt budget; Tropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; FRESHWATER; MIXED LAYER; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 18544398066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc002111     Document Type: Article

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