Interannual variability in the tropical Indian Ocean: A two-year time-scale of Indian Ocean Dipole

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 12-13, 2003, Pages 2263-2284

  Feng, Ming ^a   Meyers, Gary ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COOLING; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

OCEAN DYNAMICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EKMAN PUMPING; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPEX-POSEIDON; UPWELLING;

(TROPICAL); INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0038348364     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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