Low-frequency variability of the North Pacific Ocean: The roles of boundary- and wind-driven baroclinic Rossby waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Fu, Lee Lueng ^a   Qiu, Bo ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern boundary; El Ni o; North Pacific; Rossby waves; Satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038583870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001131     Document Type: Article

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