Coupling of internal waves on the main thermocline to the diurnal surface layer and sea surface temperature during the tropical ocean-global atmosphere coupled ocean-atmosphere response experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3336, 1998, Pages 12613-12628

  Walsh, E J ^a,c   Pinkel, R ^c,e,f   Hagan, D E ^b,d   Weller, R A ^a,e,f   Fairall, C W ^b,c,e   Rogers, D P ^d,e   Burns, S P ^a,c,f   Baumgartner, M ^c,d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; INTERNAL WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOGA-COARE;

(EQUATORIAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032525954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc00894     Document Type: Article

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