From salty to fresh: Salinity processes in the upper-ocean regional study-2 (SPURS-2): Diagnosing the physics of a rainfall-dominated salinity minimum

Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 150-159

  Schmitt, Raymond W ^a   Asher, William ^b   Bingham, Frederick ^c   Carton, James ^d   Centurioni, Luca ^e   Farrar, J Thomas ^a   Gordon, Arnold ^f   Hodges, Benjamin ^a   Jessup, Andrew ^b   Kessler, William S ^g   Rainville, Luc ^b   Shcherbina, Andrey ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^g NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84925302077     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2015.15     Document Type: Article

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