Importance and origin of halosteric contribution to sea level change in the southeast Indian Ocean during 2005-2013

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1148-1157

  Llovel, William ^a,b   Lee, Tong ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

halosteric; sea level; thermosteric

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HALOSTERIC; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; MARITIME CONTINENT; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; STERIC SEA LEVEL; THERMOSTERIC;

SEA LEVEL;

ARGO; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EKMAN PUMPING; SALINITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THROUGHFLOW;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); INDONESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84924862975     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062611     Document Type: Article

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