Variability in Solomon Sea circulation derived from altimeter sea level data

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 883-900

  Melet, Angélique ^a   Gourdeau, Lionel ^b   Verron, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Annual cycle; ENSO; Low latitude western boundary currents; Solomon Sea; Southwest tropical Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MECHANICAL WAVES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TROPICS;

ALTIMETRY; ANNUAL CYCLE; ENSO; SOLOMON SEA; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

SEA LEVEL;

ALTIMETER; ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BATHYMETRY; DATA SET; EDDY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHASE TRANSITION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL; THERMOCLINE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

CORAL SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON SEA;

EID: 77956229418     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0302-6     Document Type: Article

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