Dynamics of zonal current variations associated with the Indian Ocean dipole

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Nagura, Motoki ^a,b   McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VELOCITY; WIND STRESS;

CONTINUOUSLY STRATIFIED; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; IN-PHASE; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MODEL SIMULATION; OCEAN MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; WIND ANOMALIES; ZONAL CURRENTS; ZONAL WIND;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADVECTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIMESCALE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; ZONAL WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 78649896885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006423     Document Type: Article

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