Surface layer response to weak winds, westerly bursts, and rain squalls in the western Pacific Warm Pool

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C1, 1996, Pages 977-997

  Wijesekera, Hemantha W ^a   Gregg, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ENTRAINMENT FLUX; MIXING; OCEAN MIXED LAYER; RADIATIVE FLUX; SALINITY STRATIFICATION; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE LAYER RESPONSE; THERMOCLINE; TOGA-COARE; TURBULENCE; WESTERLY BURST;

PACIFIC, (WEST); PACIFIC, (WESTERN);

EID: 0029768314     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC02553     Document Type: Article

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