Surface meteorology and air-sea fluxes in the western equatorial pacific warm pool during the TOGA coupled ocean-atmosphere response experiment

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1959-1990

  Weller, R A ^a   Anderson, S P ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA FLUX; AIR/SEA FLUX; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; COARE; COUPLED ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN MODEL; ECMWF; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST; SURFACE METEOROLOGY; TOGA; TOGA-COARE; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL WEST);

EID: 0030515286     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1959:SMAASF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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