Vertical structure variability in a seasonal simulation of a medium-resolution regional model of the Eastern South Pacific

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 79, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 120-137

  Dewitte, Boris ^a,b   Ramos, Marcel ^c,d   Echevin, Vincent ^e   Pizarro, Oscar ^c   duPenhoat, Yves ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal trapped wave; Critical latitude; Extra tropical Rossby waves; Peru Chile Undercurrent

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS; WIND POWER; WIND STRESS;

ANNUAL CYCLES; ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; BAROCLINIC MODES; BOUNDARY FORCING; COASTAL-TRAPPED WAVE; CRITICAL LATITUDE; DO-MAINS; EQUATORIAL FORCING; EXTRA-TROPICAL ROSSBY WAVES; GENERAL CIRCULATIONS; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; LINEAR THEORIES; MEAN FLOWS; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL VARIABILITIES; PERU-CHILE UNDERCURRENT; REGIONAL MODELS; ROSSBY WAVES; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITIES; SENSITIVITY EXPERIMENTS; SOUTH PACIFIC; VERTICAL MODES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL CYCLE; BAROCLINIC MODE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56049106108     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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