Observations of decadal time scale salinity changes in the subtropical thermocline of the North Pacific Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 1161-1170

  Ren, Li ^a   Riser, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Argo floats; Hydrological cycle; Main thermocline; Mixed layer; North Pacific; Outcrop; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ARGO FLOAT; DECADAL TIMESCALE; DENSITY SURFACES; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MIXED LAYER; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; SALINITY CHANGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL THERMOCLINES; SURFACE SALINITIES; TIME PERIODS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STREAM FLOW;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DECADAL VARIATION; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MIXED LAYER; OUTCROP; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBDUCTION; THERMOCLINE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER MASS; WOCE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77953129461     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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