Net energy dissipation rates in the tropical ocean and ENSO dynamics

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1108-1117

  Fedorov, Alexey V ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); NET ENERGY DISSIPATION; THERMOCLINE ANOMALIES; TROPICAL OCEAN;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DAMPING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 34147164131     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4024.1     Document Type: Article

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