Pacific warm pool temperature regulation during TOGA COARE: Upper ocean feedback

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2297-2309

  Lagerloef, Gary S E ^a   Lukas, Roger ^b   Weller, Robert A ^c   Anderson, Steven P ^c  

^a EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean coupling; Feedback mechanism; Heat flux; Pacific Ocean (West); Sea surface temperature; TOGA COARE; Warm pool

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOGA-COARE; WARM POOL;

(WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032462110     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2297:PWPTRD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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