Pacific Ocean wind stress and surface heat flux anomalies from NCEP reanalysis and observations: Cross-statistics and ocean model responses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C10, 2001, Pages 22249-22265

  Auad, Guillermo ^a   Miller, Arthur J ^a   Roads, John O ^a   Cayan, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035167195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000264     Document Type: Article

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