Effects of interannual salinity variability and freshwater flux forcing on the development of the 2007/08 La Niña event diagnosed from Argo and satellite data

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-57

  Zheng, Fei ^a,b   Zhang, Rong Hua ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Argo; FWF; La Ni a; Salinity effect

Indexed keywords

ARGO; BUOYANCY FLUXES; FRESHWATER FLUXES; FWF; GLOBAL CLIMATES; INTERANNUAL; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; OCEANIC SALINITY; SALINITY EFFECTS; SALINITY FIELDS; SALINITY VARIABILITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SUBSURFACE WATERS; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HEAT FLUX; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARGO; BUOYANCY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FRESHWATER; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT FLUX; LA NINA; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN BASIN; SALINITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84865546381     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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