The dynamics of zonal current variations in the central equatorial Indian Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Nagura, Motoki ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; WIND STRESS;

EVALUATING MODELS; IN-SITU; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; INDIAN OCEANS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; LINEAR DYNAMICS; MASS TRANSPORTS; PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STEADY STATE; SURFACE WIND STRESS; TIME-SCALE; TIME-SCALES; ZONAL CURRENTS; ZONAL MOMENTUM BALANCES; ZONAL TRANSPORTS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BENCHMARKING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MASS TRANSPORT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND STRESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 60149106745     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035961     Document Type: Article

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