Satellite observations of intense intraseasonal cooling events in the tropical south Indian Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Saji, N H ^a   Xie, S P ^a   Tam, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EVAPORATION; FEEDBACK; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

LATITUDINAL VARIATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; THERMOCLINE RIDGES;

SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

COOLING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33845648404     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026525     Document Type: Article

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