1997-1998 El Niño off Peru: A numerical study

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 79, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 138-155

  Colas, F ^a   Capet, X ^a   McWilliams, J C ^a   Shchepetkin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern boundary currents; El Ni o phenomena; Peru; Regional ocean modeling; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENT FLOW;

ALTIMETRIC OBSERVATIONS; ALTIMETRY DATUMS; DYNAMICAL ANALYSIS; EASTERN-BOUNDARY CURRENTS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOWS; IN-SITU; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OCEANIC FORCINGS; PERU; POLEWARD ADVECTIONS; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING; ROSSBY WAVES; SEA-LEVEL; STRATIFIED WATERS; TIME SEQUENCES; TRAPPED WAVES; UPWELLING; WATER MASSES; WIND INTENSITIES;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ADVECTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EL NINO; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL; UPWELLING; WATER MASS; WIND FORCING;

CHILE; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56349160107     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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