Contributions of wind forcing, waves, and surface heating to sea surface height observations in the Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C9, 1999, Pages 20767-20788

  Vivier, Frédéric ^a   Kelly, Kathryn A ^b   Thompson, LuAnne ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WAVE ENERGY; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033567577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900096     Document Type: Article

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