Modes and mechanisms of sea surface temperature low-frequency variations over the coastal China seas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Liping ^a   Wu, Lixin ^a   Lin, Xiaopei ^a   Wu, Dexing ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; COASTAL CHINA; COASTAL OCEAN; DAMPING EFFECT; DIPOLE MODE; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; LOW-FREQUENCY MODES; LOW-FREQUENCY VARIATIONS; MEAN SEA SURFACES; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; REANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SHELF SEAS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ADVECTION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; COASTAL ZONE; GLOBAL WARMING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELF SEA;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 77956294475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC006025     Document Type: Article

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