Isolation of sea surface salinity maps on various timescales in the tropical Pacific Ocean

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 687-701

  Chen, Jian ^a   Zhang, Ren ^a   Wang, Huizan ^a   An, Yuzhu ^a   Peng, Peng ^a   Zhang, Weitao ^a  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Decadal variability; Ensemble empirical mode decomposition; ENSO; Long term trend; Modulated annual cycle; Sea surface salinity; Self organizing map; Tropical Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL CYCLE; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; TIMESCALE; TREND ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84866938334     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-012-0126-8     Document Type: Article

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