Air-sea flux estimates and the 1997-1998 ENSO event

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 439-458

  Kara, A Birol ^a   Rochford, Peter A ^b   Hurlburt, Harley E ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk formulae; El Ni o; La Ni a; Latent and sensible heat flux; Ocean mixed layer depth; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; HEAT FLUX; WIND STRESS;

LAYER DEPTH;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036605262     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014945408605     Document Type: Article

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