Interannual variability of Indian Ocean heat transport

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1013-1031

  Chirokova, Galina ^a   Webster, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EKMAN HEAT TRANSPORT; INDIAN OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL CYCLE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRFLOW; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; HEAT TRANSFER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33645994547     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3676.1     Document Type: Article

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