Surface salinity in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre: During the STRASSE/SPURS summer 2012 cruise

Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 114-123

  Reverdin, Gilles ^a   Morisset, Simon ^b   Marié, Louis ^c   Bourras, Denis ^d   Sutherland, Graigory ^e   Ward, Brian ^f   Salvador, Joaquín ^g   Font, Jordi ^g   Cuypers, Yannis ^a   Centurioni, Luca ^h   Hormann, Verena ^h   Koldziejczyk, Nicolas ^a   Boutin, Jacqueline ⁱ   D’Ovidio, Francesco ^a   Nencioli, Francesco ^j,k   Martin, Nicolas ^a   Diverres, Denis ^l   Alory, Gaël ^m   Lumpkin, Rick ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

^d STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^g INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^j MIO   (France)

^k PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^l IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^m LEGOS   (France)

ⁿ ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84925331496     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2015.09     Document Type: Article

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