Eastward propagating surface anomalies at ocean gyre boundaries

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Sinha, Bablu ^a   Topliss, Brenda ^b   Harle, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Climate model; Ocean dynamics; Ocean atmosphere coupling; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING;

EID: 14744291711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002393     Document Type: Article

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