Nineteen-year changes in surface salinity in the Southern Ocean south of Australia

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 472-483

  Morrow, Rosemary ^a   Kestenare, Elodie ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

Interannual variations; Sea ice cover; Seasonal variations; Surface salinity

Indexed keywords

INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLES; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA-ICE COVER; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE SALINITIES;

SEA ICE; TIME SERIES; WATER;

SURFACE WATERS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; HEATING; LATITUDE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ADELIE COAST; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; HOBART; TASMANIA;

EID: 84888431537     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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