Absence of propagating upper ocean heat content anomalies in the eastern tropical South Pacific after ENSO events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Hasegawa, Takuya ^a   Hanawa, Kimio ^b   Tourre, Yves M ^c,d   White, Warren B ^e  

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

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEDIAS France   (France)

^d International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; ENTHALPY; FLUID MECHANICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TROPICS; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER LEVELS; WIND STRESS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ENSO EVENTS; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NORTH PACIFIC; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; SOUTH PACIFIC; SST ANOMALIES; SURFACE WINDS; UPPER-OCEAN HEAT;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; UPPER OCEAN; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 48549092811     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033065     Document Type: Article

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