The Indonesian seas and their role in the coupled ocean-climate system

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 487-492

  Sprintall, Janet ^a   Gordon, Arnold L ^b   Koch Larrouy, Ariane ^c   Lee, Tong ^d   Potemra, James T ^e   Pujiana, Kandaga ^f,g   Wijffels, Susan E ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c LEGOS   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT FLUX; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRAIT; SURFACE FLUX; THERMOCLINE; THROUGHFLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER FLOW; WIND PROFILE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIAN SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84903551065     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2188     Document Type: Article

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