Generation mechanism of quasidecadal variability of upper ocean heat content in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Hasegawa, Takuya ^a,b   Yasuda, Tamaki ^a   Hanawa, Kimio ^c  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND STRESS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 35348967461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003755     Document Type: Article

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