Surface forcing over the south west Atlantic according to NCEP and ECMWF reanalyses over the period 1979-1990

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 537-542

  Escoffier, C ^a   Provost, C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

(Southwest); Air sea interaction; Atlantic ocean; Atmospheric forcing; Cloud cover; Heat flux; Sea surface; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLOUD COVER; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032468402     PISSN: 00791946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-1946(98)00067-6     Document Type: Article

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