Annual cycle of sea surface temperature in the tropical Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C13, 1997, Pages 27813-27824

  Carton, James A ^a,b   Zhou, Zengxi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031393968     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC02197     Document Type: Article

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