Anomalous tropical ocean circulation associated with La Niña Modoki

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Shinoda, Toshiaki ^a   Hurlburt, Harley E ^a   Metzger, E Joseph ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SST ANOMALIES; SURFACE CURRENT; TROPICAL OCEAN; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC; WESTWARD CURRENT; ZONAL CURRENTS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; COOLING; EL NINO; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ZONAL FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 83055160824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007304     Document Type: Article

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