The upper ocean heat content of the western equatorial Pacific: Processes controlling its change during the Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C8, 2000, Pages 19575-19590

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT BUDGET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033664646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900012     Document Type: Article

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