Observed sea surface height and modeled dynamic height anomaly departures in the tropical Pacific ocean: 1986-1989

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 569-584

  Maul, George A ^a   Bushnell, Mark H ^b   Bravo, Nicolas J ^b   Hansen, Donald V ^c  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; DYNAMIC HEIGHT ANOMALY; ENSO; SURFACE HEIGHT;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0030754383     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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