Cool Indonesian throughflow as a consequence of restricted surface layer flow

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6960, 2003, Pages 824-828

  Gordon, Arnold L ^a   Susanto, R Dwi ^a   Vranes, Kevin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CLIMATE CONTROL; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WIND;

PRESSURE GRADIENT; WINTER MONSOON;

FLOW OF WATER;

SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEAT TRANSFER; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; OCEAN CURRENT; OSCILLATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER FLOW; WEATHER;

EID: 0242331727     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02038     Document Type: Article

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