Observation of large diurnal warming events in the near-surface layer of the western equatorial Pacific warm pool

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1055-1076

  Soloviev, Alexander ^a,b   Lukas, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; HEAT CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATERS; WIND EFFECTS;

DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL THERMOCLINE; DIURNAL WARMING; NEAR SURFACE THERMAL STRUCTURE; WESTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC WARM POOL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031171973     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00124-0     Document Type: Article

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