Tropical cyclone-induced ocean response: A comparative study of the south China sea and tropical northwest Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 5952-5968

  Mei, Wei ^a   Lien, Chun Chi ^b   Lin, I I ^b   Xie, Shang Ping ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; North Pacific Ocean; Oceanic mixed layer; Sea surface temperature; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHLOROPHYLL; COOLING; HURRICANES; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TROPICS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEANIC MIXED LAYERS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL CYCLONE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CHLOROPHYLL; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84942867149     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00651.1     Document Type: Article

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