Intraseasonal variability of the equatorial Indian ocean observed from sea surface height, wind, and temperature data

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-202

  Fu, Lee Lueng ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND;

HIGHLY PERIODIC MONSOON; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WIND CYCLE; WIND FORCING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 33947510514     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3006.1     Document Type: Article

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