Surface buoyancy forcing and the mixed layer of the western pacific warm pool: Observations and 1D model results

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3056-3085

  Anderson, Steven P ^a   Weller, Robert A ^a   Lukas, Roger B ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; BUOYANCY FORCING; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSO; MIXED LAYER; PRECIPITATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC, (WEST);

EID: 0030429284     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<3056:SBFATM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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