Basin resonances in the equatorial Indian ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1252-1270

  Han, Weiqing ^a   Mccreary, Julian P ^b   Masumoto, Yukio ^c   Vialard, Jérôme ^d   Duncan, Benét ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean; Kelvin waves; Resonance; Rossby waves

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MODE; CONTINUOUSLY STRATIFIED; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; KELVIN WAVES; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; OCEAN MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL (1D) MODELS; QUIKSCAT; RESONANCE AMPLITUDES; ROSSBY WAVE; SCATTEROMETERS; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; SPECTRAL PEAK; TIME-SCALES; WEST COAST; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

COASTAL ZONES; GRAVITY WAVES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL;

RESONANCE;

BAROCLINIC MODE; KELVIN WAVE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RESONANCE; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); MALDIVES;

EID: 79960372203     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JPO4591.1     Document Type: Article

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