The upper ocean heat balance in the western equatorial Pacific warm pool during September-December 1992

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C4, 1997, Pages 8533-8553

  Cronin, Meghan F ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA FLUX; AIR/SEA FLUX; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT TRANSFER; UPPER OCEAN; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL WEST);

EID: 0030812791     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00020     Document Type: Article

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