Effects of stratification on the large-scale ocean response to barometric pressure

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-258

  Ponte, Rui M ^a   Vinogradov, Sergey V ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETERS; BATHYMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC TIDES; BAROCLINICITY; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LARGE-SCALE OCEAN RESPONSE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; BAROMETRY; BOTTOM PRESSURE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SURFACE PRESSURE;

EID: 33947544135     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3010.1     Document Type: Article

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