El Niño sea level and currents along the South American coast: Comparison of observations with theory

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1891-1903

  Pizarro, O ^a   Clarke, A J ^a   Van Gorder, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TIME AND MOTION STUDY; WIND STRESS;

PRESSURE GRADIENTS;

SEA LEVEL;

CIRCULATION MODELING; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL CURRENT; EL NINO; SEA LEVEL;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0035388247     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<1891:ENOSLA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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