The response of the North Pacific Ocean to decadal variability in atmospheric forcing: Wind versus buoyancy forcing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1373-1386

  Thompson, LuAnne ^a   Ladd, Carol A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUOYANCY; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; ZONAL MEAN FLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BUOYANCY FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; EKMAN PUMPING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 3242708739     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1373:TROTNP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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