Dynamical analysis of seasonal and interannual variability in the equatorial Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2350-2369

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZONAL FLOW;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033367267     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2350:DAOSAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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