Three-dimensional structure of tropical cells in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-49

  Perez, Renellys C ^a,b   Kessler, William S ^a  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLES; DOWN-WELLING; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEANS; EQUATORIAL UPWELLINGS; GEOSTROPHY; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; OCEAN RESPONSE; PROPAGATION SPEED; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS; SPIN-UP; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTIONS; TEMPORAL SAMPLINGS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES; TRADE WINDS; TROPICAL INSTABILITY WAVES; VERTICAL VELOCITIES; ZONAL CURRENTS;

CELL MEMBRANES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TROPICS;

WATER WAVES;

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VELOCITY; DOWNWELLING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRADE WIND; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 65549116395     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO4029.1     Document Type: Article

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