Temporal and spatial characteristics of sea surface height variability in the North Atlantic Ocean

Ocean Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-159

  Cromwell, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE SIGNAL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 33749998304     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-2-147-2006     Document Type: Article

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