Variation of sea surface height at periods of 65-220 days in the subtropical gyre of the North Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C11, 2001, Pages 26817-26831

  Kobashi, Fumiaki ^a   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; GYRE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035211854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000361     Document Type: Article

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