Covariations of sea surface temperature and wind over the Kuroshio and its extension: Evidence for ocean-to-atmosphere feedback

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1404-1413

  Nonaka, Masami ^a,b   Xie, Shang Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FEEDBACK; HYDRODYNAMICS; WIND EFFECTS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC FRONT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038375956     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)16<1404:COSSTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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