Air-sea interaction at an oceanic front: Implications for frontogenesis and primary production

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Chen, Dake ^a   Liu, W Timothy ^b   Tang, Wenqing ^b   Wang, Zhiren ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXED CONVECTION; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; TOPOLOGY; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS; AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; FRONTAL REGIONS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE COUPLED MODEL; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SUBSURFACE WATERS; VERTICAL MIXING;

OCEAN CURRENTS; FEEDBACK;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; FRONTOGENESIS; OCEANIC FRONT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHELF BREAK;

EAST CHINA SEA;

EID: 0141976746     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017536     Document Type: Article

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