Coupled response of the trade wind, SST gradient, and SST in the caribbean sea, and the potential impact on loop current's interannual variability

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1325-1344

  Chang, Y L ^a,b   Oey, L Y ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA COUPLING; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; COASTAL UPWELLING; DECADAL TIMESCALE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMMERCE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DECADAL VARIATION; EDDY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRADE WIND; UPWELLING; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT;

EID: 84879768197     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0183.1     Document Type: Article

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