Sea surface temperature signatures of oceanic internal waves in low winds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Farrar, J Thomas ^a,b   Zappa, Christopher J ^c   Weller, Robert A ^b   Jessup, Andrew T ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER WAVES; WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DIURNAL VARIATION; INTERNAL WAVE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34548336608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003947     Document Type: Article

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