Characteristics of the seasonal cycle of surface layer salinity in the global ocean

Ocean Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 915-929

  Bingham, F M ^a   Foltz, G R ^b   McPhaden, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL OCEAN; RIVER; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE LAYER; TROPICAL REGION;

ARABIAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84868643892     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-8-915-2012     Document Type: Article

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