Intraseasonal mixed-layer heat budget in the equatorial Atlantic during the cold tongue development in 2006

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 650-671

  Giordani, Hervé ^a   Caniaux, Guy ^a   Voldoire, Aurore ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUDGET CONTROL; MIXING; SHEAR FLOW; SHOCK TUBES; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND POWER;

EASTERN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC; ENTRAINMENT PROCESS; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; HORIZONTAL CURRENTS; MIXED-LAYER DEPTHS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; TEMPERATURE BALANCE; TROPICAL INSTABILITY WAVES;

ADVECTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COLD WATER; COOLING; ENTRAINMENT; HEAT BUDGET; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TURBULENT MIXING; WIND POWER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84878927546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008280     Document Type: Article

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