A numerical investigation of the local ocean response to westerly wind burst forcing in the western equatorial pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1334-1352

  Richardson, Raymond A ^a   Ginis, Isaac ^a   Rothstein, Lewis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; JET; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WESTERLY; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

(EQUATORIAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032694980     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1334:ANIOTL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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