Upper-ocean mixed layer and wintertime sea surface temperature anomalies in the North Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 300-307

  Tomita, Tomohiko ^a,b   Nonaka, Masami ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; LINEAR EQUATIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HEAT BUDGET EQUATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER TEMPERATURE; UPPER-OCEAN MIXED LAYER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; UPPER-OCEAN MIXED LAYER DEPTH; WINTERTIME SEA SURFACE;

CLIMATOLOGY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPPER OCEAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33644663980     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3616.1     Document Type: Article

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