Decadal steric and sea surface height changes in the Southern Hemisphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Sutton, P ^a   Roemmich, D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

CO-LOCATED; HEAT GAINS; MASS CHANGE; OCEAN WARMING; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

ARGO; DECADAL VARIATION; HYDROGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79955020047     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046802     Document Type: Article

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