Seasonality of decadal sea surface temperature anomalies in the northwestern Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2953-2968

  Mochizuki, Takashi ^a   Kida, Hideji ^b  

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

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; WIND STRESS;

GEOSTROPHIC CURRENT; ROOSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL DAMPING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 33745969108     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3807.1     Document Type: Article

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