Basin-wide zonal wind stress and ocean thermal variations in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 911-927

  Yang, Y J ^a   Tang, T Y ^a   Weisberg, Robert H ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; MODEL; OCEAN FORCING; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WIND DATA (1985-1992); WIND STRESS; ZONAL WINDS;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0031007852     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jc03030     Document Type: Article

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