Decadal upper ocean temperature variability in the tropical Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C5, 2001, Pages 8971-8988

  Hazeleger, Wilco ^a   Visbeck, Martin ^b   Cane, Mark ^b   Karspeck, Alicia ^b   Naik, Naomi ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE; UPPER OCEAN; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034934130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000536     Document Type: Article

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