Sea level and wind stress curl in the Tuvalu Region of the South Pacific during the 1997/1998 El Niño

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Luick, John L ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

El Ni o; Phase propagation; Rossby waves; Wavelets; Wind stress curl

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WIND STRESS;

(SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037113511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001080     Document Type: Article

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