A further study of the tropical Western Hemisphere warm pool

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1476-1493

  Wang, Chunzai ^a   Enfield, David B ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; RADIATION; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

SEASONAL HEATING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WARM POOL;

EID: 0037929499     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-16.10.1476     Document Type: Article

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