Interannual heat content variability in the South China Sea and its response to ENSO

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 400-414

  Yan, Youfang ^a,b   Qi, Yiquan ^a   Zhou, Wen ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ENSO; Interannual variability; Ocean heat content; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY; ENSO; ENSO EVENTS; HEAT CONTENTS; HORIZONTAL WINDS; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT; RAPID GROWTH; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOUTH CHINA SEA; UPPER OCEAN; WESTERN PACIFIC; WIND STRESS CURL;

SEA LEVEL; WIND STRESS;

ENTHALPY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT BUDGET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WIND STRESS;

LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 77956885132     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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