Small-scale features of temperature and salinity surface fields in the Coral Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5426-5438

  Maes, Christophe ^a   Dewitte, Boris ^a   Sudre, Joël ^b   Garçon, Véronique ^b   Varillon, David ^c  

^a CNES   (France)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Coral Sea; in situ observations; SSS; SST

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SHIPS;

CORAL SEA; HIGH-PASS SPATIAL FILTERING; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; REMOTELY-SENSED OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SSS; SST; WESTERN PACIFIC WARM POOL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA SET; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

CORAL SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84890290432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20344     Document Type: Article

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