High-frequency response of the ocean to mountain gap winds in the northeastern tropical Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Liang, Jun Hong ^b   McWilliams, James C ^b   Gruber, Nicolas ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; HEAT FLUX; LANDFORMS; PORPHYRINS; SEA LEVEL; SPEED; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TROPICS; WIND STRESS;

BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHLOROPHYLL A; DEEP CHLOROPHYLL MAXIMUMS; GAP WINDS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HIGH WIND SPEED; MEAN SEA SURFACES; MESOSCALE ACTIVITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PEAK WIND SPEED; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; REANALYSIS; RECIRCULATIONS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPATIAL EXTENT; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TURBULENT MIXING; WIND EVENTS; WIND SPEED; WIND STRESS CURL;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL CIRCULATION; HEAT FLUX; JET; MOUNTAIN REGION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT MIXING; WIND FORCING; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

SESBANIA SERICEA;

EID: 77949349598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005370     Document Type: Article

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