Sea surface height variability in the indian ocean from topex/poseidon altimetry and model simulations

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-195

  Subrahmanyam, Bulusu ^a   Robinson, Ian S ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altimetry; CPCA; Eddies; Kelvin and rossby waves; Sea level variability

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; CIRCULATION MODELING; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033795581     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410050128609     Document Type: Article

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