Ocean eddy freshwater flux convergence into the North Atlantic subtropics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3327-3335

  Gordon, Arnold L ^a   Giulivi, Claudia F ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

freshwater flux; ocean eddies; ocean subtropics

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DATA PROCESSING; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER VAPOR;

FRESHWATER FLUXES; INTERANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS; MERIDIONAL VELOCITIES; OCEAN EDDIES; OCEAN SUBTROPICS; QUASI STEADY STATE CONDITIONS; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SIMPLE OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATIONS;

TROPICS;

EID: 84904646705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009596     Document Type: Article

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