Interannual-to-decadal variability in the bifurcation of the north equatorial current off the Philippines

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2525-2538

  Qiu, Bo ^a   Chen, Shuiming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Currents; Decadal variability; Sea level

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION POINTS; CURRENTS; DECADAL CHANGE; DECADAL VARIABILITY; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; INTERANNUAL; INTERDECADAL; NORTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; REANALYSIS; REDUCED-GRAVITY MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TIME-SCALES; WIND FORCING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES; WIND STRESS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 78650187539     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4462.1     Document Type: Article

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