Dynamical contribution to sea surface salinity variations in the eastern Gulf of Guinea based on numerical modelling

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3105-3122

  Berger, Henrick ^a,b   Treguier, Anne Marie ^a   Perenne, Nicolas ^b   Talandier, Claude ^a  

^a IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^b ACTIMAR   (France)

Author keywords

Bight of Biafra; Congo; Gulf of Guinea; Mixed layer budget; Modelling; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939880350     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2195-4     Document Type: Article

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