Explorations of the annual mean heat budget of the tropical Indian ocean. Part I: Studies with an idealized model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3210-3228

  Godfrey, J Stuart ^a   Hu, Rui Jin ^b   Schiller, Andreas ^a   Fieldler, R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN CURRENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND STRESS;

EKMAN OUTFLOW; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC INFLOW; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING; WIND STRESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 34547116428     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4157.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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