Assessing precipitation products in the Indian Ocean using an ocean model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Yu, Z ^a   McCreary, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater discharge; Precipitation products; Sea surface salinity

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER INPUT; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 3543005928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002106     Document Type: Article

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