Annual cycle of the South China Sea surface temperature using the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 879-884

  Chen, Jau Ming ^a   Chang, C P ^b   Li, Tim ^c  

^a CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL CYCLE; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0344035322     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.879     Document Type: Article

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