Impacts of precipitation in the upper ocean in the western Pacific warm pool during TOGA-COARE

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C3, 1998, Pages 5347-5359

  Li, Xiaofan ^a,b   Sui, C H ^b   Adamec, D ^b   Lau, K M ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT BUDGET; PRECIPITATION; SALT BUDGET; TOGA-COARE; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC, (WEST);

EID: 0031748144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc03420     Document Type: Article

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