Observations of El Niño-Southern Oscillation induced Rossby waves in the northeast Pacific using in situ data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C11, 1998, Pages 24585-24596

  Jacobson, Andrew R ^a   Spiesberger, John L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

(NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 17444448438     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JC02444     Document Type: Article

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