Surface evaporation during the central equatorial pacific experiment: A climate-scale perspective

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2522-2537

  Zhang, Guang Jun ^a   Grossman, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA FLUX; AIR/SEA FLUX; CEPEX; EVAPORATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0030434872     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2522:SEDTCE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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