Seasonal cycle of near-surface freshwater budget in the western tropical Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Romanova, V ^a,b   Khl, A ^b   Stammer, D ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; RUNOFF;

BARRIER LAYERS; FRESHWATER CONTENTS; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; NEAR-SURFACE; OCEAN RESPONSE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; TIME-SCALES; VARYING RIVERS; WESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

TROPICS;

ESTUARINE FRONT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER EXCHANGE;

AMAZON RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 79960504019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006650     Document Type: Article

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