A model study of the seasonal mixed layer heat budget in the equatorial Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Peter, Anne Charlotte ^a   Le Hénaff, Matthieu ^b   du Penhoat, Yves ^a   Menkes, Christopher E ^b   Marin, Frédéric ^a   Vialard, Jérôme ^b   Caniaux, Guy ^c   Lazar, Alban ^b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COOLING; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33751105879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003157     Document Type: Article

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