Oceanic response to changes in the latitude of the Southern Hemisphere subpolar westerly winds

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1040-1054

  Oke, Peter R ^a   England, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEATING; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER; WIND; WIND STRESS;

QUASI-SINUSOIDAL; SUBANTARCTIC MODE WATER (SMW);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HEAT TRANSFER; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WATER MASS; WESTERLY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 1842639448     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1040:ORTCIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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