ENSO to multi-decadal time scale changes in East Australian Current transports and Fort Denison sea level: Oceanic Rossby waves as the connecting mechanism

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 547-558

  Holbrook, Neil J ^a   Goodwin, Ian D ^b   McGregor, Shayne ^c   Molina, Ernesto ^a   Power, Scott B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Australian Current; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Inter decadal Pacific Oscillation; Reduced gravity model; Rossby waves; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIABILITY; AUSTRALIA; CONNECTING MECHANISM; CURRENT TRANSPORT; DECADAL TIMESCALE; EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; EAST COAST; HIGH QUALITY; INTER-DECADAL PACIFIC OSCILLATIONS; INTERANNUAL; MIDLATITUDES; MULTI-DECADAL TIME SCALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW ZEALAND; OCEAN MODEL; PHYSICAL PROCESS; REDUCED-GRAVITY MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; STRONGLY CONNECTED; SYDNEY HARBOUR; TIME-SCALES; TRANSPORT VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL ZONES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

SEA LEVEL;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GRAVITY ANOMALY; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; TIMESCALE;

AUSTRALIA; EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SYDNEY HARBOUR; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 79951554571     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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