Contribution of horizontal advection to the interannual variability of sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 964-978

  Verbrugge, Nathalie ^a   Reverdin, Gilles ^a,b  

^a Lab Etudes Geophys Oceanographie   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

TURBULENT MIXING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038479976     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0964:COHATT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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