Intermediate zonal jets in the tropical pacific ocean observed by Argo floats

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1475-1485

  Cravatte, Sophie ^a,b   Kessler, William S ^c   Marin, Frédéric ^a,d  

^a CNES   (France)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Currents; In situ atmospheric observations; Intermediate waters; Ocean circulation; Pacific Ocean; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ARGO FLOAT; ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; BASIN SCALE; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; LAGRANGIAN; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; ROSSBY WAVE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBSURFACE VELOCITY; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN; WESTERN BOUNDARY; ZONAL JETS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

TROPICS;

INTERMEDIATE WATER; JET; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84868102964     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0206.1     Document Type: Article

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