What is the mean seasonal cycle of surface heat flux in the equatorial Pacific?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C1, 2001, Pages 837-857

  Wang, Weimin ^a,b   McPhaden, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE FLUX;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035062314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JC000076     Document Type: Article

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