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What governs the North Atlantic salinity maximum in a global GCM?
Description: Taking advantage of the rapid advance in ocean modeling, this study investigates the sea surface salinity maximum in the North Atlantic, using results from a model of the Consortium for Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO). Salinity budget terms were computed at the model's integration time step and archived as monthly averages. The simulated mixed layer salinity budget provides the first quantitative evidence for the ocean's role in governing the sea surface salinity maximum in the North Atlantic. [Source: Geophysical Research Letters]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GL046757
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Source: Geophysical Research Letters
Publish Date: 4/7/2011
Reading Level: Expert
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