An initial estimate of the global distribution of diurnal variation in sea surface salinity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3211-3228

  Fine, E C ^a,b,c   Bryan, F O ^b   Large, W G ^b   Bailey, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

salinity

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AQUARIUS; DEEP WATER; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; SMOS; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 85028218438     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010483     Document Type: Article

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