Meridional structure of the seasonally varying mixed layer temperature balance in the eastern tropical pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3240-3260

  McPhaden, Michael J ^a   Cronin, Meghan F ^a   McClurg, Dai C ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT FLUX; MIXING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHASE INTERFACES; STREAM FLOW; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TROPICS;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; AIR-SEA INTERFACE; CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; FEEDBACKS]; INTER TROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LARGE-SCALE CURRENTS; MIXED LAYER TEMPERATURE; MIXED LAYERING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL CYCLES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TEMPERATURE ADVECTION; TIME SCALING; TRADE WINDS; TURBULENT MIXING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIXED LAYER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THERMOCLINE; TRADE WIND; TURBULENT MIXING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 48749095405     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI2115.1     Document Type: Article

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