Dynamics of biweekly oscillations in the equatorial Indian Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 827-846

  Miyama, Toru ^a   McCreary Jr , Julian P ^b   Sengupta, Debasis ^c   Senan, Retish ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND EFFECTS;

BIWEEKLY VARIABILITY; LINEAR, CONTINUOUSLY STRATIFIED (LCS) MODEL; QUICK SCATTEROMETER (QUICKSCAT) WINDS; YANAI WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OSCILLATION; SCATTEROMETER; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND FIELD;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 33645803009     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2897.1     Document Type: Article

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