Wyrtki Jet dynamics: Seasonal variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Nagura, Motoki ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET PROTOCOLS; SPEED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AVERAGE SPEED; BAROCLINIC MODE; BOREAL SPRING; CONTINUOUSLY STRATIFIED; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; IN-SITU; INDIAN OCEAN; JET DYNAMICS; LONG WAVES; MODEL RESULTS; OCEAN MODEL; PROPAGATING FEATURES; PROPAGATION SPEED; QUIKSCAT; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; TIME-SCALES; WAVE MODES; ZONAL CURRENTS; ZONAL FLOWS; ZONAL WIND;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC MODE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; QUIKSCAT; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 77955633227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005922     Document Type: Article

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