Interannual Variability of Sea Surface Temperature in the Northern Indian Ocean Associated with ENSO and IOD

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 295-300

  Yan Ling, Wu ^a,b   Yan, Du ^b   Yu Hong, Zhang ^a,b   Xiao Tong, Zheng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

El Ni o; Indian Ocean Dipole mode; interannual variability; sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84884272887     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2012.11447013     Document Type: Article

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