Seasonal variability in the equatorial Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 925-947

  Yu, Xuri ^a,b,c   McPhaden, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CURRENT; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SURFACE WIND; ZONAL FLOW;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032703194     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0925:SVITEP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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