Sea surface temperature and salinity seasonal changes in the western Solomon and Bismarck Seas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2642-2657

  Delcroix, Thierry ^a   Radenac, Marie Hélène ^a   Cravatte, Sophie ^b   Alory, Gaël ^a   Gourdeau, Lionel ^a   Léger, Fabien ^a   Singh, Awnesh ^c   Varillon, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Bismarck Sea; seasonal change; Sepik River; Solomon Sea; SSS; SST

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DIGITAL STORAGE; PRINTING MACHINERY;

BISMARCK SEA; SEASONAL CHANGES; SOLOMON SEA; SSS; SST;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; ALTIMETER; EL NINO; LA NINA; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BISMARCK SEA; CORAL SEA; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEPIK RIVER; SOLOMON SEA;

EID: 84900541602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009733     Document Type: Article

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