An empirical parameterization for the salinity of subsurface water entrained into the ocean mixed layer (Se) in the tropical Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Zhang, Rong Hua ^a   Busalacchi, Antonio J ^a   Murtugudde, Raghuram G ^a   Arkin, Phillip A ^a   Ballabrera Poy, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE WATERS;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; INTERMEDIATE OCEAN MODEL; VERTICAL MIXING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MIXED LAYER; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33644754848     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024218     Document Type: Article

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