A model study of temperature anomaly propagation from the subtropics to tropics within the South Atlantic thermocline

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1271-1274

  Lazar, A ^a   Murtugudde, R ^a   Busalacchi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HEAT CONDUCTION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TRAJECTORIES; TROPICS; WATER WAVES; STREAM FLOW;

HEAT ANOMALIES;

GEOPHYSICS; TROPICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BENGUELA CURRENTS; DENSITY PERTURBATION; REALISTIC SCENARIO; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENTS; TELECONNECTIONS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER MASS FLOW;

EID: 0035303228     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011418     Document Type: Article

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