An assessment of buoy-derived and numerical weather prediction surface heat fluxes in the tropical Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Cronin, Meghan F ^a   Fairall, Christopher W ^b   McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOY SYSTEM; HEAT FLUX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATIFICATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33751101335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003324     Document Type: Article

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