Role of winds in estimation of ocean heat storage anomaly using satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Yan, Xiao Hai ^a,b   Pan, Jiayi ^a   Jo, Young Heon ^a   He, Ming Xia ^b   Liu, W Timothy ^c   Jiang, Lide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimeter; Global climate change; Heat flux; Heat storage; Multi sensor studies; Upper ocean response; Wind forcing

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALTIMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 18544401426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc002202     Document Type: Article

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