Asymmetry of the Indian Ocean basinwide SST anomalies: Roles of ENSO and IOD

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3563-3576

  Hong, Chi Cherng ^a   Li, Tim ^b   LinHo, ^c   Chen, Yin Chen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; HEAT BUDGET; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; REMOTE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SIMPLE OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATIONS; SST ANOMALIES; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; DAMPING; DATA PROCESSING; HEAT FLUX; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; POLES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COOLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARMING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77955484144     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3320.1     Document Type: Article

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