Central south pacific thermocline water circulation from a high-resolution ocean model validated against satellite data: seasonal variability and el niño 1997-1998 influence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Martinez, Elodie ^a,b   Ganachaud, Alexandre ^c,d,e   Lefevre, Jerome ^c,d   Maamaatuaiahutapu, Keitapu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; LANTHANUM; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

COUNTER CURRENT; CURRENT SYSTEM; EDDY ACTIVITY; EKMAN PUMPING; EQUATORIAL BANDS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; HIGH-RESOLUTION OCEAN MODEL; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENTS; SOUTH PACIFIC CONVERGENCE ZONES; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SUBTROPICAL COUNTERCURRENT; TRADE WINDS; WATER CIRCULATION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

COUNTERCURRENT; EDDY; EKMAN PUMPING; EL NINO; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

EID: 68749122143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004824     Document Type: Article

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