Impact of remote oceanic forcing on Gulf of Alaska sea levels and mesoscale circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Melsom, Arne ^a   Metzger, E Joseph ^b   Hurlburt, Harley E ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interannual variability; Oceanic teleconnections; Remote forcing

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL; TELECONNECTION; WIND FORCING;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1542347104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001742     Document Type: Article

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