A lagrangian description of the western equatorial pacific response to the wind burst of December 1992: Heat advection in the warm pool

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1706-1721

  Ralph, Elise A ^a,d   Bi, Kenong ^a,c   Niiler, Pearn P ^a   Du Penhoat, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EVAPORATION; JETS; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

HEAT ADVECTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ZONAL PRESSURE GRADIENTS;

WIND EFFECTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL WEST);

EID: 0031177697     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1706:ALDOTW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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