Mechanisms governing sea surface temperature anomalies in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean associated with the boreal winter Madden-Julian Oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Lucas, Lisanne E ^a,b   Waliser, Duane E ^c   Murtugudde, Raghu ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUDGET CONTROL; COASTAL ZONES; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WIND EFFECTS;

BOREAL WINTERS; COOLING PHASE; EASTERN PACIFIC; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; HEAT BUDGET; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; KELVIN WAVES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; MIXED LAYER TEMPERATURE; MODEL SIMULATION; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE; SST ANOMALIES; VERTICAL ADVECTION; WESTERN PACIFIC;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ADVECTION; HEAT BUDGET; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 77953565295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005450     Document Type: Article

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