Subsurface connections in the eastern tropical Pacific during la Nia 1999-2001 and El Nio 2002-2003

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Montes, Ivonne ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang ^a   Colas, Francois ^b,c   Blanke, Bruno ^d   Echevin, Vincent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES;

CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; COUNTER CURRENT; CURRENT SYSTEM; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; EULERIAN; IN-SITU; LAGRANGIAN; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OCEANIC CONDITIONS; PERU-CHILE UNDERCURRENT; REGIONAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COUNTERCURRENT; EDDY; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LA NINA; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TIME SERIES; UNDERCURRENT; VELOCITY PROFILE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

NIA;

EID: 84055211838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007624     Document Type: Review

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