Impact of the diurnal cycle of solar radiation on intraseasonal SST variability in the western equatorial Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2628-2636

  Shinoda, Toshiaki ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

DIURNAL CYCLE; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION; INTRASEASONAL SST VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DIURNAL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WARM POOL;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); WORLD;

EID: 26844433139     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3432.1     Document Type: Article

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