Tropical ocean response to atmospheric forcing at kilometer scales with light precipitation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C6, 2001, Pages 11399-11410

  Lebedev, Ivan ^a   Redelsperger, Jean Luc ^b   Tomczak, Matthias ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034921486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000383     Document Type: Article

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