Ocean circulation influences on sea surface temperature in the equatorial central Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C9, 2001, Pages 19515-19526

  Wang, Chunzai ^a   Weisberg, Robert H ^b,c  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Center for Ocean Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

(EQUATORIAL CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034770620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000242     Document Type: Article

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