Satellite-derived interannual ocean bottom pressure variability and its relation to sea level

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3106-3110

  Piecuch, Christopher G ^a   Quinn, Katherine J ^a   Ponte, Rui M ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Barotropic Variability; Interannual Changes; Ocean Bottom Pressure; Ocean Climate; Ocean Mass; Satellite Oceanography

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL;

BAROTROPIC; BOTTOM PRESSURES; INTERANNUAL; OCEAN CLIMATE; OCEAN MASS; SATELLITE OCEANOGRAPHY;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOTTOM PRESSURE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GRACE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; INDONESIAN SEAS; NORWEGIAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84880539293     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50549     Document Type: Article

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