Mechanism of weakening of west Luzon eddy during La Niña years

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Zheng, Zhe Wen ^a   Ho, Chung Ru ^a   Kuo, Nan Jung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION (EOF) ANALYSIS; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LA NINA; MESOSCALE EDDY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; LUZON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34547991300     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030058     Document Type: Article

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