Dynamical response of the oceanic eddy field to the North Atlantic Oscillation: A model-data comparison

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2615-2629

  Penduff, Thierry ^a,b   Barnier, Bernard ^b   Dewar, W K ^a   O'Brien, James J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EDDY CURRENTS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EDDY KINETIC ENERGY (EKE); INTERANNUAL TIME SCALES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO) CYCLE; OCEANIC ADJUSTMENT;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 13644251737     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2618.1     Document Type: Article

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