Annual cycle of steric height in the Indian Ocean estimated from the thermal field

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1351-1368

  Peter, Benny N ^a   Mizuno, Keisuke ^b  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Circulation; Dynamic height; Heat content; Indian Ocean; Kelvin wave; Rossby wave

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CIRCULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034093482     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00088-6     Document Type: Article

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