Role of the Kelvin and Rossby waves in the seasonal cycle of the equatorial Pacific Ocean circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Yuan, Dongliang ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KELVIN WAVE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONALITY;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); WORLD;

EID: 21244466268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002344     Document Type: Article

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