Interannual to interdecadal variabilities of the Indonesian Throughflow source water pathways in the Pacific Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1921-1940

  Valsala, Vinu ^a   Maksyutov, Shamil ^a   Murtugudde, Raghu ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Currents; Interannual variability; Interdecadal variability; Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MEMBER; ADJOINTS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; OFFLINE MODES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PASSIVE TRACERS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; REANALYSIS; SOURCE WATERS; SUBTROPICAL CELL; TIME-SCALES; TRACER CONCENTRATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WARM WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CURRENT; THROUGHFLOW; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ORA;

EID: 82055175215     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JPO4561.1     Document Type: Article

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