{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["5"],"submitter":["Du Y"],"pubmed_abstract":["A contrasting trend pattern of sea surface salinity (SSS) between the western tropical Pacific (WTP) and the southeastern tropical Indian Ocean (SETIO) is observed during 2004-2013, with significant salinity increase in the WTP and freshening in the SETIO. In this study, we show that increased precipitation around the Maritime Continent (MC), decreased precipitation in the western-central tropical Pacific, and ocean advection processes contribute to the salinity trends in the region. From a longer historical record, these salinity trends started in the mid-1990s, a few years before the Global Warming Hiatus from 1998 to present. The salinity trends are associated a strengthening trend of the Walker Circulation over the tropical Indo-Pacific, which have reversed the long-term salinity chang"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["16050"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4629206"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Decadal trends of the upper ocean salinity in the tropical Indo-Pacific since mid-1990s."],"pmcid":["PMC4629206"],"pubmed_authors":["Feng M","Zhang Y","Wang T","Wijffels S","Zhang N","Du Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Decadal trends of the upper ocean salinity in the tropical Indo-Pacific since mid-1990s.","description":"A contrasting trend pattern of sea surface salinity (SSS) between the western tropical Pacific (WTP) and the southeastern tropical Indian Ocean (SETIO) is observed during 2004-2013, with significant salinity increase in the WTP and freshening in the SETIO. In this study, we show that increased precipitation around the Maritime Continent (MC), decreased precipitation in the western-central tropical Pacific, and ocean advection processes contribute to the salinity trends in the region. From a longer historical record, these salinity trends started in the mid-1990s, a few years before the Global Warming Hiatus from 1998 to present. The salinity trends are associated a strengthening trend of the Walker Circulation over the tropical Indo-Pacific, which have reversed the long-term salinity chang","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015 Nov","modification":"2025-04-19T06:15:02.045Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:01:09Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4629206","cross_references":{"pubmed":["26522168"],"doi":["10.1038/srep16050"]}}