A regulatory effect of ENSO on the time-mean thermal stratification of the equatorial upper ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Sun, De Zheng ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; HEATING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SUBTROPICAL COOLING; TROPICAL HEATING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; UPPER OCEAN;

EID: 33646846140     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025296     Document Type: Article

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