Large-scale variability in the midlatitude subtropical and subpolar North Pacific Ocean: Observations and causes

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 353-375

  Qiu, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; WIND STRESS;

SEA SURFACE HEIGHT (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036339692     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<0353:LSVITM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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