Salinity transport in the Florida straits

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 971-983

  Szuts, Zoltan B ^a   Meinen, Chris ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ oceanic observations; North Atlantic Ocean; Regression analysis; Subtropics; Transport

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY TEMPERATURE DEPTHS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOWERED ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SITU OCEANIC OBSERVATIONS; SUBTROPICS; TRANSPORT;

CABLES; CALIBRATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE CABLE; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

EID: 84879026998     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00133.1     Document Type: Article

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