Long equatorial waves in a high-resolution OGCM simulation of the tropical Pacific Ocean during the 1985-94 TOGA period

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 972-984

  Boulanger, J P ^a,b   Delecluse, P ^a   Maes, C ^a   Levy C ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001767117     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0972:LEWIAH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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