Ocean dynamics, thermocline adjustment, and regulation of tropical SST

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 521-534

  Seager, Richard ^a   Murtugudde, Ragu ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEAN DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST; THERMOCLINE; THERMODYNAMIC FORCING;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0030802563     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0521:ODTAAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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