Observations of SST-induced perturbations of the wind stress field over the Southern Ocean on seasonal timescales

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2340-2354

  O'Neill, Larry W ^a   Chelton, Dudley B ^a   Esbensen, Steven K ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE;

SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

WIND EFFECTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0038165591     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2780.1     Document Type: Article

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