Multiple oscillatory modes of the Argentine Basin. Part I: Statistical analysis

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2855-2868

  Weijer, Wilbert ^a,b   Vivier, Frédéric ^c   Gille, Sarah T ^a   Dijkstra, Henk A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPLEX EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL OSCILLATION PATTERN; SHALLOW-WATER MODEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALTIMETRY; BAROTROPIC MODE; BATHYMETRY; BOTTOM PRESSURE; OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINE BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 38549147493     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3527.1     Document Type: Article

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