Fifteen years of ocean observations with the global Argo array

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 145-153

  Riser, Stephen C ^a   Freeland, Howard J ^b   Roemmich, Dean ^c   Wijffels, Susan ^d   Troisi, Ariel ^e   Belbéoch, Mathieu ^f   Gilbert, Denis ^g   Xu, Jianping ^h   Pouliquen, Sylvie ⁱ   Thresher, Ann ^d   Le Traon, Pierre Yves ^j   Maze, Guillaume ⁱ   Klein, Birgit ^k   Ravichandran, M ^l   Grant, Fiona ^m   Poulain, Pierre Marie ⁿ   Suga, Toshio ^o   Lim, Byunghwan ^p   Sterl, Andreas ^q   Sutton, Philip ^r   Mork, Kjell Arne ^s   Vélez Belchí, Pedro Joaquín ^t   Ansorge, Isabelle ^u   King, Brian ^v   Turton, Jon ^w   Baringer, Molly ^x   Jayne, Steven R ^y   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^f Joint Commission on Oceanography and Marine Meteorology Operations (JCOMMOPS)   (France)

^g MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

ⁱ IFREMER   (France)

^j MERCATOR OCÉAN   (France)

^k FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

^l INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES   (India)

^m MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

ⁿ ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^o TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^p National Institute of Meteorological Sciences KMA   (South Korea)

^q ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^r NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^s INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^t INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^v NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^w MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^x NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^y WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; GLOBAL OCEAN; GOME; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84955601024     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2872     Document Type: Review

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