Pattern and velocity of propagation of the global ocean eddy variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Fu, Lee Lueng ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; TIME SERIES; VELOCITY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; GLOBAL OCEAN; GULF STREAM; HIGH LATITUDES; LATITUDINAL VARIATION; LONG TIME SERIES; MAXIMUM CORRELATIONS; MAXIMUM CROSS CORRELATIONS; MIDLATITUDES; OCEAN EDDIES; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; PLANETARY WAVES; PROPAGATION PATTERN; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; SATELLITE ALTIMETER DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; SPACE AND TIME; TIME-AVERAGED; TROPICAL LATITUDES; ZONAL PROPAGATION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; EDDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL OCEAN; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TIME SERIES; VELOCITY PROFILE; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 76749114492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005349     Document Type: Article

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