Seasonal variability of the permanent thermocline off northern Chile

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Ramos, Marcel ^a   Pizarro, Oscar ^a   Bravo, Luis ^a   Dewitte, Boris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b CNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTHERMS; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND STRESS;

KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; THERMOCLINE OSCILLATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ISOTHERM; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS;

CHILE; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745713492     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025882     Document Type: Article

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