Coherence of western boundary pressure at the RAPID WAVE array: Boundary wave adjustments or deep western boundary current advection?

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 744-765

  Elipot, Shane ^a   Hughes, Chris ^a   Olhede, Sofia ^b   Toole, John ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTALLY TRAPPED WAVES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; MERIDIONAL TRANSPORT; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; PROPAGATION SPEED; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADVECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUP DELAY;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

ADVECTION; BAROCLINIC WAVE; BOTTOM PRESSURE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; KELVIN WAVE; OCEAN WAVE; WAVE FIELD; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84878398728     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-067.1     Document Type: Article

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