Ocean salinity changes in the northwest Pacific subtropical gyre: The quasi-decadal oscillation and the freshening trend

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2179-2192

  Nan, Feng ^a   Yu, Fei ^a   Xue, Huijie ^b,c   Wang, Ran ^a   Si, Guangcheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

freshening; Pacific subtropical gyre salinity; quasi decadal oscillation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; VENTILATION;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84927725603     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010536     Document Type: Article

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