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Research article
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30 Oct 2012
Research article |
| 30 Oct 2012
Characteristics of the seasonal cycle of surface layer salinity in the global ocean
F. M. Bingham
Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Rd., Wilmington, NC 28403-5928, USA
G. R. Foltz
NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory 4301 Rickenbacker Cswy Miami, FL 33149, USA
M. J. McPhaden
NOAA / Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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