The equatorial thermocline outcropping-A seasonal control on the tropical Pacific ocean-atmosphere instability strength

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 2721-2739

  Galanti, Eli ^a   Tziperman, Eli ^a   Harrison, Matthew ^a   Rosati, Antony ^a   Giering, Ralf ^a   Sirkes, Ziv ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

OUTCROPPING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE;

(EQUATORIAL EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036810486     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<2721:TETOAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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