The role of daily surface forcing in the upper ocean over the tropical Pacific: A numerical study

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 756-766

  Sui, Chung Hsiung ^a   Li, Xiaofan ^b   Rienecker, Michele M ^a   Lau, Ka Ming ^a   Laszlo, Istvan ^b   Pinker, Rachel T ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

SURFACE FORCING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141453224     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0756:TRODSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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