Observed ocean variability in the Mindanao Dome region

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-302

  Kashino, Yuji ^a   Ishida, Akio ^a   Hosoda, Shigeki ^a  

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

Author keywords

Currents; Ekman pumping; ENSO; Interannual variability; Pacific Ocean; Rossby waves; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; EKMAN PUMPING; ENSO; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PACIFIC OCEAN; ROSSBY WAVE; THERMOCLINE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DOMES; ENTHALPY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PUMPS; SALINE WATER; STREAM FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BUOY SYSTEM; COUNTERCURRENT; EKMAN PUMPING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; ROSSBY WAVE; SENSOR; THERMOCLINE; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 79953213705     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4329.1     Document Type: Article

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