The 1997-1998 oceanic El Niño signal along the southeast and northeast Pacific boundaries - An altimetric view

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 439-458

  Strub, P T ^a   James, C ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; COASTAL ZONES; WIND;

SEA SURFACE HEIGHTS (SSH);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; EL NINO; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

(EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036376838     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00063-0     Document Type: Review

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