Tropical Pacific Ocean mixed layer heat budget: The Pacific cold tongue

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-81

  Swenson, Mark S ^a,c   Hansen, Donald V ^b  

^a Hurricane Research Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COLD WATER; HEAT BUDGET; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; COLD REGION; TURBULENT DIFFUSION;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032599814     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0069:TPOMLH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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