Tropical atlantic salinity variability: New insights from SMOS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2143-2147

  Tzortzi, E ^a,b   Josey, S A ^a   Srokosz, M ^a   Gommenginger, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

freshwater fluxes; river runoff; sea surface salinity; seasonal variability; SMOS; Tropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER FLUXES; RIVER RUNOFFS; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SMOS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

POLES; WATER;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; DATA SET; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84879961498     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50225     Document Type: Article

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