Haline hurricane wake in the Amazon/Orinoco plume: AQUARIUS/SACD and SMOS observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Grodsky, Semyon A ^a   Reul, Nicolas ^b   Lagerloef, Gary ^c   Reverdin, Gilles ^d   Carton, James A ^a   Chapron, Bertrand ^b   Quilfen, Yves ^b   Kudryavtsev, Vladimir N ^e,f   Kao, Hsun Ying ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^e RUSSIAN STATE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f NANSEN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTRE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84868031200     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053335     Document Type: Article

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