Observations of a tropical instability vortex

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2277-2301

  Kennan, S C ^a   Flament, P J ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTABILITY; TROPICAL REGION; UPPER OCEAN; VORTEX;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033764052     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<2277:OOATIV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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