Interannual Variation of Summer Sea Surface Salinity in the Dotson–Getz Trough, West Antarctica
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Methods
2.1. Collection of Salinity Data
2.2. Calculation of the Total Ocean Surface Stress
3. Results
3.1. Assessment of the EN4 Dataset’s Veracity
3.2. Interannual Variations in SSS along the DGT
3.3. Correlations of Surface Salinity with Surface Freshwater Flux
3.4. Correlations of Surface Salinity with SIC
3.5. Correlations of Surface Salinity with Surface Stress Curl
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Yu, L.-S.; He, H.; Leng, H.; Chen, X. Interannual Variation of Summer Sea Surface Salinity in the Dotson–Getz Trough, West Antarctica. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12, 1067. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12071067
Yu L-S, He H, Leng H, Chen X. Interannual Variation of Summer Sea Surface Salinity in the Dotson–Getz Trough, West Antarctica. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2024; 12(7):1067. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12071067
Chicago/Turabian StyleYu, Lu-Sha, Hailun He, Hengling Leng, and Xiaohui Chen. 2024. "Interannual Variation of Summer Sea Surface Salinity in the Dotson–Getz Trough, West Antarctica" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 12, no. 7: 1067. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12071067