Dynamics of the eastern surface jets in the equatorial Indian Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2191-2209

  Han, Weiqing ^a   McCreary Jr , Julian P ^a,d   Anderson, D L T ^b   Mariano, Arthur J ^c  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; JET; WIND FORCING;

(EQUATORIAL); INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033390083     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2191:DOTESJ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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