The influence of salinity on tropical Atlantic instability waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 8375-8394

  Lee, Tong ^a   Lagerloef, Gary ^b   Kao, Hsun Ying ^b   McPhaden, Michael J ^c   Willis, Joshua ^a   Gierach, Michelle M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ocean salinity; remote sensing; tropical instability waves

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONGO RIVER;

EID: 85027938531     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010100     Document Type: Article

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