Effect of ocean surface currents on wind stress, heat flux, and wind power input to the ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Dawe, Jordan T ^a   Thompson, LuAnne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TROPICS; WIND POWER; WIND STRESS;

OCEAN SURFACE CURRENTS; TROPICAL SURFACE CURRENTS; TROPICAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA SURFACE; WIND POWER; WIND STRESS;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33745699438     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025784     Document Type: Article

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