Validation of Aquarius sea surface salinity with in situ measurements from Argo floats and moored buoys

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6171-6189

  Tang, Wenqing ^a   Yueh, Simon H ^a   Fore, Alexander G ^a   Hayashi, Akiko ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarius; Argo; moored buoy; sea surface salinity; validation

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUS; ARGO; BOUNDARY CURRENT; BUOY SYSTEM; DATA PROCESSING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MOORING SYSTEM; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

AMAZON RIVER; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84915809668     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010101     Document Type: Article

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