Seasonal salt budget in the northeast Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Ren, Li ^a   Riser, Stephen C ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BUDGET CONTROL; EVAPORATION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VAPORS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; GEOSTROPHIC ADVECTION; MIXED LAYER; PACIFIC OCEAN; PROFILING FLOAT; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONALITY; SURFACE FLUX; YIELD INCREASE;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

EKMAN TRANSPORT; ENTRAINMENT; EVAPORATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MIXED LAYER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 77949409052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005307     Document Type: Article

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