Contribution of Pacific wind stress to multi-decadal variations in upper-ocean heat content and sea level in the tropical south Indian Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Schwarzkopf, Franziska U ^a   Bning, Claus W ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; STREAM FLOW; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROCLINIC; COOLING TRENDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN MODEL SIMULATIONS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; REGIME SHIFT; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL TRENDS; SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

TROPICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROCLINIC MODE; COOLING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RECONSTRUCTION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMOCLINE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UPPER OCEAN; WIND STRESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); INDONESIA;

EID: 79958840734     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047651     Document Type: Article

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