Seasonal mixed layer heat budget of the tropical Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Foltz, Gregory R ^a   Grodsky, Semyon A ^a   Carton, James A ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat balance; Mixed layer; Tropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

HEAT BUDGET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

(TROPICAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0043194229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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