Daily to decadal sea surface temperature variability driven by state-dependent stochastic heat fluxes

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1940-1958

  Sura, Philip ^a   Newman, Matthew ^a   Alexander, Michael A ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE WINDS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SKEWNESS; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 33750929810     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2948.1     Document Type: Article

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