Yearly impact of submonthly rain fluctuations on the Indian Ocean salinity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Illig, Serena ^a   Perigaud, Claire ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; WIND;

RAIN FORCING; SALINITY RESPONSE; SURFACE LAYER SALINITY;

SEAWATER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SALINITY; WIND FIELD;

ANDAMAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 38849111832     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029655     Document Type: Article

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