The diurnal salinity cycle in the tropics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5874-5890

  Drushka, Kyla ^a,b   Gille, Sarah T ^a   Sprintall, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarius; diurnal variability; salinity

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AQUARIUS; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENTRAINMENT; MOORING SYSTEM; OUTFLOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UPPER OCEAN;

AMAZON RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 85027942765     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC009924     Document Type: Article

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