Diurnal warming in the tropical Pacific and its interannual variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Clayson, Carol Anne ^a   Weitlich, Derrick ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CATCHMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DIURNAL WARMING; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN MODELS; SEA SURFACE WARMING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 29344452942     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023786     Document Type: Article

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