Modeling the high-frequency barotropic response of the ocean to atmospheric disturbances: Sensitivity to forcing, topography, and friction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C12, 2001, Pages 30987-30995

  Hirose, Naoki ^a,c   Fukumori, Ichiro ^a   Zlotnicki, Victor ^a   Ponte, Rui M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOTTOM FRICTION; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; MODELING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WIND FORCING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0035723095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000763     Document Type: Article

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