A possible role for unstable coupled waves affected by resonance between Kelvin waves and seasonal warming in the development of the strong 1997-1998 El Niño

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-512

  Toyoda, T ^a   Masuda, S ^a   Sugiura, N ^a   Mochizuki, T ^a   Igarashi, H ^b   Kamachi, M ^c   Ishikawa, Y ^d   Awaji, T ^a,d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

4D VAR; Air sea coupled process; Data assimilation; El Ni o

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; RESONANCE; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TIME SERIES; VALUE ENGINEERING;

4D-VAR; COUPLED WAVES; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA FIELDS; DATA SETS; DOWN-WELLING; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; HEAT BALANCES; INTERMEDIATE REGIMES; KELVIN WAVES; OCEAN ATMOSPHERES; RE-ANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVES; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL WARMING; SURFACE CONDITIONS; TIME-VARYING;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DATA ASSIMILATION; DOWNWELLING; EL NINO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KELVIN WAVE; RESONANCE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING; WAVE; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 61549084022     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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