The changing structure of the upper ocean in the western equatorial Pacific during the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C10, 1998, Pages 21385-21400

  Inall, Mark E ^a,c   Richards, Kelvin J ^a   Eldin, Gerard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Ctr IRD (Inst Francais De Rech Scientifique Pour Le Developpement En Cooperation) De Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VINDULA ARSINOE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; THERMODYNAMICS; TOGA-COARE; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL PROFILE;

(EQUATORIAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032531381     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JC01681     Document Type: Article

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