Simulated seasonal and interannual variability of the mixed layer heat budger in the Northern Indian ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3249-3268

  De Boyer Montégut, Clément ^a,d   Vialard, Jérôme ^a   Shenoi, S S C ^b   Shankar, D ^b   Durand, Fabien ^c   Ethé, Christian ^a   Madec, Gurvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; LATENT HEAT; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND STRESS;

HEAT BUDGET; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SALINTIY STRATIFICATION; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT BUDGET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34250630669     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4148.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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