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24 Aug 2010
Seasonal cycles of surface layer salinity in the Pacific Ocean
F. M. Bingham
Center for Marine Science, Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Rd., Wilmington, NC 28403-5928, USA
G. R. Foltz
Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Ocean, Univ. of Washington, 3737 Brooklyn Ave NE, P.O. Box 355672, Seattle, WA 98105-5672, USA
M. J. McPhaden
NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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