Stable near-surface ocean salinity stratifications due to evaporation observed during STRASSE

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3219-3233

  Asher, William E ^a   Jessup, Andrew T ^a   Clark, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarius; salinity; SMOS

Indexed keywords

SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WIND;

AQUARIUS; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SALINITY; SATELLITE FIELD OF VIEWS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING; SMOS;

EVAPORATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 84902795555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC009808     Document Type: Article

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