Mean three-dimensional circulation in the Northeast Tropical Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2457-2471

  Kessler, William S ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND EFFECTS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SCATTEROMETER; THERMOCLINE; WIND FORCING;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036752523     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485-32.9.2457     Document Type: Article

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