Impact of oceanic-scale interactions on the seasonal modulation of ocean dynamics by the atmosphere

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sasaki, Hideharu ^a   Klein, Patrice ^b   Qiu, Bo ^c   Sasai, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXED FOREST; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; KINETICS; OCEAN CURRENT; OCEAN EDDY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; WATER FLOW; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84923361009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6636     Document Type: Article

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