EOF analysis of upper ocean heat content, 1956-2003

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Levitus, Sydney ^a   Antonov, John I ^a   Boyer, Tim P ^a   Garcia, Hernan E ^a   Locarnini, Ricardo A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENTHALPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION (EOF) ANALYSIS; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; HEAT BALANCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 27744533735     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023606     Document Type: Article

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