Multiple westward propagating signals in South Pacific sea level anomalies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Maharaj, A M ^c   Holbrook, N J ^b   Cipollini, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; SEA LEVEL; SPEED;

BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC MODE; DYNAMICAL REGIME; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGHER ORDER; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; LINEAR THEORY; PHASE SPEED; RADON TRANSFORM; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SECONDARY PEAK; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL RADON TRANSFORM;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RADON TRANSFORM; ROSSBY WAVE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 77949366414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004799     Document Type: Article

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