Global hydrographic variability patterns during 2003-2008

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Von Schuckmann, K ^a   Gaillard, F ^a   Traon, P Y Le ^a  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

DATA SETS; DECADAL CHANGE; DECADAL TIMESCALE; FRESHWATER CONTENTS; GLOBAL OCEAN; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; GLOBAL VARIABILITY; HEAT CONTENTS; HYDROGRAPHIC CHANGES; HYDROGRAPHIC VARIABILITY; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LARGE AMPLITUDE; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MIDLATITUDES; NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; SALINITY CHANGE; SALINITY FIELDS; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES; VARIABILITY PATTERNS;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ABYSSAL ZONE; AGRONOMY; ANNUAL VARIATION; DATABASE; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL OCEAN; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; POLAR REGION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 72949091930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005237     Document Type: Article

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