Dynamic mechanism of interannual sea surface height variability in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 158-168

  Zhang, Yong Chui ^a,b   Zhang, Li Feng ^a   Lü, Qing Ping ^a  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

baroclinic Rossby wave model; North Pacific Gyre Oscillation; Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650649642     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-0038-8     Document Type: Article

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