Dynamics of the seasonal variations in the Indian Ocean from TOPEX / POSEIDON sea surface height and an ocean model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1915-1918

  Yang, Jiayan ^a   Yu, Lisan ^b   Koblinsky, Chester J ^c   Adamec, David ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WIND STRESS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; MECHANICAL WAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE WATERS;

KELVIN WAVES; ROSSBY WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEAN CURRENTS;

SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONALITY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

INDIAN OCEAN MONSOON; REDUCED-GRAVITY MODEL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE UNDULATION; SURFACE WIND STRESS; TOPEX/POSEIDON;

EID: 0032098258     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl01401     Document Type: Article

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