The role of oceanic heat advection in the evolution of tropical North and South Atlantic SST anomalies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 6122-6138

  Foltz, Gregory R ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; TEMPERATURE; WIND EFFECTS;

HEAT BALANCE; OCEANIC HEAT ADVECTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ADVECTION; HEAT BALANCE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 33846156205     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3961.1     Document Type: Article

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