Influence of midlatitude winds on the stratification of the equatorial thermocline

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 222-237

  Nonaka, Masami ^a   McCreary Jr , Julian P ^b   Xie, Shang Ping ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WATER WAVES; WIND; WIND STRESS;

EKMAN PUMPING; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVES; SHOALING; SPONGE LAYER; THINNING;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; WIND;

EID: 33645649351     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2845.1     Document Type: Article

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