An analysis of tropical ocean diurnal warm layers

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3629-3646

  Bellenger, Hugo ^a   Duvel, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; BOREAL WINTERS; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; DATA SETS; DIURNAL VARIATION; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; GLOBAL SCALE; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; OCEAN SURFACES; RAW MEASUREMENTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SIMPLE APPROACH; STABLE LAYER; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE VELOCITY; SURFACE WINDS; TROPICAL CLIMATES; TROPICAL OCEAN; TROPICAL REGIONS; TURBULENT FLUX;

ANALOG DIFFERENTIAL ANALYZERS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE WATERS; TIME SERIES; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; HOMOGENEITY; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WIND; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 67749095177     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2598.1     Document Type: Article

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