Formation and variability of the South Pacific Sea Surface Salinity maximum in recent decades

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5109-5116

  Hasson, Audrey ^a   Delcroix, Thierry ^a   Boutin, Jacqueline ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

ENSO; maximum sea surface salinity; mixed layer salinity budget; SPCZ; tropical South Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

ENSO; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SOUTH PACIFIC OCEANS; SPCZ;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84890306649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20367     Document Type: Article

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