Seasonal variations of the upper ocean salinity stratification in the Tropics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1706-1722

  Maes, Christophe ^a   O'Kane, Terence J ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

salinity; stratification; tropical oceans

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; SALINITY; SALINITY BARRIER LAYERS; SALINITY STRATIFICATION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; STABILIZING EFFECTS; TROPICAL OCEAN;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DEEP SEA; GYRE; PYCNOCLINE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOCLINE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 84900378484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009366     Document Type: Article

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