Rossby waves in the tropical North Pacific and their role in decadal thermocline variability

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3496-3515

  Capotondi, A ^a   Alexander, M A ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICS; WATER WAVES;

OCEAN SIGNALS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; DECADAL VARIATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; THERMOCLINE;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035712944     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)031<3496:RWITTN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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