A curious local surface salinity maximum in the northwestern tropical Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 484-495

  Grodsky, Semyon A ^a   Carton, James A ^a   Bryan, Frank O ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BOREAL WINTERS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NORTH BRAZIL CURRENTS; NORTH EQUATORIAL COUNTERCURRENT; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

TROPICS;

AQUARIUS; COUNTERCURRENT; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); BRAZIL CURRENT;

EID: 84898995454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009450     Document Type: Article

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