Model results of flow instabilities in the tropical Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C10, 1998, Pages 21401-21412

  Donohue, Kathleen A ^a,b   Wimbush, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CIRCULATION MODELING; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND STRESS;

EID: 0032531415     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JC01912     Document Type: Article

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