Using satellite ocean color data to derive an empirical model for the penetration depth of solar radiation (Hp) in the tropical Pacific ocean

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 944-965

  Zhang, Rong Hua ^a,b   Chen, Dake ^a   Wang, Guihua ^a  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interactions; Climate models; ENSO; Interannual variability; Satellite observations; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ENSO; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEAN COLOR; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 80051769487     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JTECHO797.1     Document Type: Article

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