Salinity variations in water column due to outflows estimated by multi-sensor remote sensing

Advances in Geosciences: Volume 18: Ocean Science (OS)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 109-134

  Yan, Xiao Hai ^a,c   Jo, Young Heon ^a,c   Liu, W Timothy ^a,b,c   Dai, Minhan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84986631565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812838148_0006     Document Type: Chapter

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