Surface fluxes and their influence on sea surface temperature in the western equatorial Pacific during the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C3, 2000, Pages 6341-6357

  Zhang, Shuliang ^a   Plueddemann, Albert J ^a   Anderson, Steven P ^a   Weller, Robert A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SNOW INTERACTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENCE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033675159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900313     Document Type: Article

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