Heat content variability related to ENSO events in the Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 407-421

  Hasegawa, Takuya ^a   Hanawa, Kimio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BANDPASS FILTERS; ENTHALPY;

SEA SURFACE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT BUDGET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPPER OCEAN;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0041508357     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0407:HCVRTE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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