Modes of covariability between sea surface temperature and wind stress intraseasonal anomalies along the coast of Peru from satellite observations (2000-2008)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Dewitte, B ^a,b,c   Illig, S ^a   Renault, L ^d   Goubanova, K ^a,b,c   Takahashi, K ^b   Gushchina, D ^e   Mosquera, K ^a,b   Purca, S ^c  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVES; RAIN; SPACE SHUTTLES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WIND STRESS;

ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; BAROCLINIC MODE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EKMAN PUMPING; ENERGY PEAKS; KELVIN WAVES; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; MIDLATITUDES; OCEANIC KELVIN WAVES; PEAK VARIANCES; QUIKSCAT; REMOTE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SST ANOMALIES; TRANSPORT DYNAMICS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; TWO-REGIME;

COASTAL ZONES;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EKMAN PUMPING; EKMAN TRANSPORT; KELVIN WAVE; QUIKSCAT; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING; WIND STRESS;

ICA; PERU; PISCO; PIURA [PERU];

EID: 79955597610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006495     Document Type: Article

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