Annual variability of sea surface height and upper layer thickness in the Pacific Ocean

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 439-450

  Wakata, Yoshinobu ^a   Kitaya, Shouko ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pacific ocean; Reduced gravity model; Rossby wave; Sea surface height; TOPEX POSEIDON

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036326766     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021205129971     Document Type: Article

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