Sensitivity of Pacific Ocean tropical instability waves to initial conditions

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-121

  Vialard, Jérôme ^a,b   Menkes, Christophe ^b   Anderson, David L T ^a   Balmaseda, Magdalena Alonso ^a  

^a European Centre for Meadium Range Weather Forecasts   (United Kingdom)

^b Lab d'Oceanogr Dynamique/Climatol   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTENTIAL ENERGY; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

INSTABILITY; OCEAN WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

(EQUATORIAL EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141675184     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0105:SOPOTI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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