Impact of barrier layer thickness on SST in the central tropical North Atlantic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-299

  Foltz, Gregory R ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER LAYER THICKNESS; BARRIER LAYERS; MIXED LAYER HEAT BALANCES; MIXED LAYERS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEANS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL CYCLES; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; THICK BARRIER LAYERS; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 64049111662     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2308.1     Document Type: Article

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