Variability of surface layer hydrography in the tropical Pacific Ocean
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Interannual Variability of Sea Surface Temperature in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean and Central American Rainfall
Title of Document: INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY OF SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN RAINFALL Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Ph.D., 2007 Directed By: Professor Antonio J. Busalacchi Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Sea surface temperature (SST) in the east Pacific warm pool (EPWP) plays a potentially important role in Central American rainfall...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0148-0227
DOI: 10.1029/97jc01443