Behavior of the Wyrtki Jet observed with surface drifting buoys and satellite altimeter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Qiu, Yun ^a   Li, Li ^a   Yu, Weidong ^b  

^a Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province   (China)

^b FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

AT-SPEED; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SATELLITE-TRACKED SURFACE DRIFTERS; SURFACE DRIFTING; ZONAL WIND;

JETS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BUOY SYSTEM; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; JET; JET STREAM; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; ZONAL WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 72149108416     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039120     Document Type: Article

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