The Effect of diurnal sea surface temperature warming on climatological air-sea fluxes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2546-2556

  Clayson, Carol Anne ^a   Bogdanoff, Alec S ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT VALUES; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN; EVAPORATION RATE; LOCALIZED EVENTS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPORATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; DIURNAL VARIATION; EVAPORATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WARMING;

ARABIAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BENGAL; GULF OF MEXICO; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH AFRICA; PACIFIC COAST [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84877838275     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00062.1     Document Type: Article

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