Response of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans to interranual variations in net atmospheric freshwater

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Huang, Boyin ^a   Mehta, Vikram M ^a  

^a Center for Research on the Changing Earth System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER BUDGET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 26444603437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002830     Document Type: Article

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