Annual reversal of the equatorial intermediate current in the pacific: Observations and model diagnostics

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 915-933

  Marin, Frédéric ^a   Kestenare, Elodie ^a   Delcroix, Thierry ^a   Durand, Fabien ^a   Cravatte, Sophie ^a   Eldin, Gérard ^a   Bourdallé Badie, Romain ^b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

Currents; Diagnostics; General circulation models; Ocean models; Oceanic variability; Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; DIAGNOSTICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEAN MODEL; OCEANIC VARIABILITY; PACIFIC OCEAN;

STREAM FLOW;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MASS TRANSPORT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; ROSSBY WAVE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; WAVE FORCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 77955628977     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4318.1     Document Type: Article

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