A global relationship between the ocean water cycle and near-surface salinity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Yu, Lisan ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPORATION; GAGES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

CONVERGENCE ZONES; DATA SETS; DOMINANT PROCESS; FRESHWATER FLUXES; FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT; GEOSTROPHIC ADVECTION; GLOBAL MAP; GLOBAL WATER CYCLE; HEAVY RAINFALL; LEADTIME; NEAR-SURFACE; OCEAN SALINITY; OCEAN WATER; OPEN OCEAN; RAIN GAUGES; SALINITY CLIMATOLOGY; TIME-SCALES; UPPER OCEAN; WATER CYCLE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ADVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ENTRAINMENT; EVAPORATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OPEN OCEAN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SALINITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEAWATER; UPPER OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 80055018721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006937     Document Type: Article

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