The region of large sea surface height variability in the southeastern Pacific ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1044-1056

  Webb, David J ^a   De Cuevas, Beverly A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; RESONANCE; SATELLITES;

ZERO FREQUENCY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EKMAN PUMPING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037803468     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1044:TROLSS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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