Interannual sea surface salinity changes in the western Pacific from 1954 to 2000 based on coral isotope analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

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

  Iijima, Hiroko ^a   Kayanne, Hajime ^a   Morimoto, Maki ^b   Abe, Osamu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

EL NIÑO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); PALEOSALINOMETER; SEA SURFACE SALINITY (SSS); WESTERN PACIFIC WARM POOL (WPWP);

SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATERS;

CORAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; WARM POOL;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); WORLD;

ANTHOZOA;

IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WESTERN PACIFIC; WESTERN PACIFIC WARM POOL;

EID: 19744375502     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022026     Document Type: Article

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