Relation between sea level and bottom pressure and the vertical dependence of oceanic variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Vinogradova, Nadya T ^a   Ponte, Rui M ^a   Stammer, Detlef ^b  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; TROPICS;

BAROCLINIC SIGNALS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEANIC VARIABILITY;

SEA LEVEL;

BOTTOM PRESSURE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

EID: 34250703254     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028588     Document Type: Article

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