The seasonal cycle of wind stress curl and its relationship to subsurface ocean temperature in the northeast Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Murphree, Tom ^a   Green Jessen, Phaedra ^b   Schwing, Franklin B ^b   Bograd, Steven J ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND STRESS;

WIND STRESS CURL (WSC);

GEOPHYSICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EKMAN PUMPING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; UPPER OCEAN; WIND STRESS;

(NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0042239285     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016366     Document Type: Article

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