Abrupt equatorial wave-induced cooling of the Atlantic cold tongue in 2009

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Foltz, Gregory R ^a,b   McPhaden, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL;

ANOMALOUS WINDS; BOREAL SPRING; EASTERN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; EQUATORIAL WAVES; KELVIN WAVES; MERIDIONAL GRADIENTS; SATELLITE SST; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

COOLING;

COOLING; EQUATORIAL WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 78650852943     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045522     Document Type: Article

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