Contribution of equatorial Pacific winds to southern tropical Indian Ocean Rossby waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C2, 2001, Pages 2407-2422

  Potemra, James T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPICAL REGION; WIND FORCING;

(EQUATORIAL); (TROPICAL SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035076996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000031     Document Type: Article

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