Observations of coupling between surface wind stress and sea surface temperature in the eastern tropical pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1479-1498

  Chelton, D B ^a   Esbensen, S K ^a   Schalax, M G ^a   Thum, N ^a   Frelich, M H ^a   Wintz, F J ^a   Gentemann, C L ^a   McPhaden, M J ^a   Schopf, P S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; IMAGE SENSORS; TROPICS; WATER WAVES; WIND STRESS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; WIND STRESS;

(TROPICAL EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035297911     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<1479:OOCBSW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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