Roles of equatorial waves and western boundary reflection in the seasonal circulation of the equatorial Indian Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 930-944

  Yuan, Dongliang ^a   Han, Weiqing ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; OSCILLATIONS; SEA LEVEL; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND EFFECTS;

EQUATORIAL WAVES; KELVIN WAVES; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (OGCM); ROSSBY WAVES; SURFACE ZONAL CURRENTS; WESTERN BOUNDARY REFLECTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EQUATORIAL WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND FORCING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 33745776711     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2905.1     Document Type: Article

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