A model study on the 1988-89 warming event in the northern North Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1815-1828

  Luo, Jing Jia ^a   Yamagata, Toshio ^a  

^a Japan Marine Sci & Technol Ctr   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVE EFFECTS;

HEAT CONTENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT BUDGET; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TELECONNECTION; WARMING;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141761436     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2413.1     Document Type: Article

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