Oceanic Kelvin waves and tropical Atlantic intraseasonal variability: 1. Kelvin wave characterization

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Polo, Irene ^a   Lazar, Alban ^b   Rodriguez Fonseca, Belin ^a   Arnault, Sabine ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; BANDPASS FILTERS; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BAROCLINIC MODE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; KELVIN WAVE; OCEAN WAVE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOPEX-POSEIDON; TRAPPED WAVE; UPWELLING; WAVE FORCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 51749119233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004495     Document Type: Article

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