A modeling study of salinity variability and its effects in the tropical Pacific Ocean during the 1993-1999 period

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Vialard, Jérôme ^a   Delecluse, Pascale ^a   Menkes, Christophe ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; MODELING; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPPER OCEAN; WARM POOL; WATER MASS;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 18744437789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000758     Document Type: Article

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