Interannual sea surface salinity and temperature changes in the western Pacific warm pool during 1992-2000

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Delcroix, Thierry ^a   McPhaden, Michael ^b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARM POOL;

(WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 18744436569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000862     Document Type: Article

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