Surface salinity in the Atlantic Ocean (30°S-50°N)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 311-340

  Reverdin, G ^a   Kestenare, E ^b   Frankignoul, C ^a   Delcroix, T ^b  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; LINEAR REGRESSION; MAPPING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

SEA SURFACE SALINITY (SSS); SEASONAL ANOMALIES;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE FORCING; EKMAN LAYER; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 34250190630     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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