The Barrier Layer of the Atlantic warm pool: Formation mechanism and inuence on the mean climate

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Balaguru, K ^a,b   Chang, P ^b   Saravanan, R ^b   Jang, C J ^b,c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Climate Change and Coastal Disaster Research Department   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amazon river discharge; Atlantic climate; Barrier layer; Temperature inversions; Upper ocean salinity

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; WARM POOL;

AMAZON RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84865259444     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.18162     Document Type: Article

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