Upper mixed layer temperature and salinity variability in the tropical boundary of the California Current, 1997-2007

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Gomez Valdes, Jose ^a   Jerónimo, Gilberto ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SURVEYS;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CLIMATE INDEX; CONDUCTIVITY-TEMPERATURE-DEPTH DATUM; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; GRID-BASED; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOADING PATTERNS; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER TEMPERATURE; NET HEAT FLUX; NORTH PACIFIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT; SALINITY VARIABILITY; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; WARM WATER;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ANNUAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; LA NINA; MIXED LAYER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SUBARCTIC REGION; WARM WATER;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67649210116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004793     Document Type: Article

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