Spatial and temporal variability of heat content above the thermocline in the tropical Pacific Ocean

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-190

  Pu, Shuzhen ^a   Yu, Fei ^a   Hu, Xiaomin ^a   Chen, Xingrong ^a  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

ENSO; Heat content; Tropical Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; HEAT CAPACITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMOCLINE; UPPER OCEAN;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0043270549     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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