Comparing 20 years of precipitation estimates from different sources over the world ocean

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-138

  Béranger, Karine ^a   Barnier, Bernard ^b   Gulev, Sergei ^c   Crépon, Michel ^d  

^a ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

^b LEGI   (France)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Freshwater; Global ocean precipitation; Interannual variability; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE WATERS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FRESHWATER; GLOBAL OCEAN PRECIPITATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE WATERS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BUOYANCY; OCEAN; RAINFALL; SALINITY; SATELLITE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646883679     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-006-0065-2     Document Type: Article

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