Interannual variability of the zonal sea surface slope in the equatorial Atlantic during the 1990s

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 823-831

  Provost, C ^a   Chouaib, N ^a   Spadone, A ^a   Bunge, L ^a   Arnault, S ^a   Sultan, E ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Climate variability; Equatorial dynamics; Ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ALTIMETRY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; OCEAN CIRCULATIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33748255303     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.06.018     Document Type: Article

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