Air-sea heat exchange along the northern sea surface temperature front in the eastern tropical Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 3361-3378

  Thum, Nicolai ^a   Esbensen, Steven K ^a   Chelton, Dudley B ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MOORING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

(TROPICAL EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036951305     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<3361:ASHEAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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