Sea surface salinity variability in the tropical Indian Ocean

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 944-956

  Subrahmanyam, Bulusu ^a   Murty, V S N ^b   Heffner, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Argo; HYCOM; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean Dipole Zonal Mode; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ARGO; HYCOM; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; SALINITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARGO; COASTAL CURRENT; KELVIN WAVE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPICAL REGION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 78651463924     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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