Observing seasonal bottom pressure variability in the North Pacific with GRACE

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Bingham, R J ^a   Hughes, C W ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DYNAMICS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

GRAVITY FIELD SOLUTIONS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; SEASONAL OCEAN BOTTOM PRESSURE VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GRAVITY FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33745431822     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025489     Document Type: Article

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