Diurnal sea surface temperature variation and its impact on the atmosphere and ocean: A review

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 721-744

  Kawai, Yoshimi ^a   Wada, Akiyoshi ^b  

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

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Diurnal variation; Intraseasonal variation; Sea surface temperature; Surface flux

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE WIND; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34548450809     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-007-0063-0     Document Type: Review

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