Causes of the Intraseasonal SST Variability in the Tropical Indian Ocean

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-23

  Li, Tim ^a   Tam, Francis ^a   Fu, Xiouhua ^a   Tian Jun, Zhou ^b   Wei Jun, Zhu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

ISO; latent heat flux; ocean entrainment; shortwave radiation; SST

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT BUDGET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 77954935697     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2008.11446758     Document Type: Article

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