Intercomparison of heat fluxes in the South Atlantic. Part I: The seasonal cycle

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 706-714

  Wainer, Ilana ^a   Taschetto, Andrea ^a   Soares, Jacyra ^a   de Oliveira, Amauri Pereira ^a   Otto Bliesner, Bette ^b   Brady, Esther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

SEASONAL CYCLES;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

(SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141788144     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0706:IOHFIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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