A surface heat flux climatology over a region of the eastern Bering Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 14-15, 2003, Pages 1255-1263

  Reed, Ronald K ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea heat exchange; Bering sea; Heat budget; Interannual changes; Weak circulation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE FLUX;

(EAST); BERING SEA;

EID: 0141940744     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00128-6     Document Type: Article

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