Steric sea level variations over 2004-2010 as a function of region and depth: Inference on the mass component variability in the North Atlantic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Llovel, W ^a,b   Meyssignac, B ^a   Cazenave, A ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; COLD PHASIS; DEPTH LAYERS; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INDIAN OCEAN; LA NINA; MASS COMPONENTS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; PREVIOUS YEAR; SALINITY VARIATIONS; STERIC SEA LEVEL;

SEA LEVEL;

ARGO; DATABASE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79961112805     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047411     Document Type: Article

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