Seasonal mixed layer heat balance of the southwestern tropical Indian Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 947-965

  Foltz, Gregory R ^a   Vialard, Jérôme ^b   Kumar, B Praveen ^c   Mcphaden, Michael J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; BUOYANCY FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SETS; EKMAN PUMPING; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HEAT ADVECTION; HEAT BALANCE; IN-SITU; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INTERANNUAL; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER HEAT BALANCE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN MODEL SIMULATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL CYCLE; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SURFACE CURRENT; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE WINDS; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; TURBULENT MIXING;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; SPECIFIC HEAT; STREAM FLOW; TROPICS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BUOYANCY FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EKMAN PUMPING; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE WIND; THERMOCLINE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 77952117857     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3268.1     Document Type: Article

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