Influence of transient atmospheric circulation on the surface heating of the western Pacific warm pool

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Chou, Ming Dah ^a   Chou, Shu Hsien ^a   Chan, Pui King ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; SOLAR HEATING; THERMAL CYCLING; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; WARM POOL;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 22944449681     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022359     Document Type: Article

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