Mechanisms regulating sea-surface temperatures and deep convection in the tropics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1019-1022

  Sud, Y C ^a   Walker, G K ^a   Lau, K M ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALCULATIONS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP MOIST CONVECTION; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SOLAR IRRADIATION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; DEEP CONVECTION; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0033560507     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900197     Document Type: Article

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