Which near-surface atmospheric variable drives air-sea temperature differences over the global ocean?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Kara, A Birol ^a   Hurlburt, H E ^a   Loh, W Y ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LINEAR REGRESSION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DATA SET; GLOBAL OCEAN; MIXED LAYER; MIXING RATIO; SEA SURFACE; SOLAR RADIATION;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 41049101033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003833     Document Type: Article

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