Warm pool SST variability in relation to the surface energy balance

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 1292-1305

  Fasullo, John ^a,b   Webster, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; TROPICS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ENERGY BALANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX; WARM POOL;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032875151     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1292:WPSVIR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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