Ocean bottom pressure seasonal cycles and decadal trends from GRACE Release-05: Ocean circulation implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4228-4240

  Johnson, Gregory C ^a   Chambers, Don P ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

GRACE; ocean general circulation; ocean mass variability; sea level trends; sea level variability; seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; OCEAN CURRENTS; TROPICS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION; GRACE; OCEAN MASS VARIABILITY; SEA LEVEL TRENDS; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL CYCLE;

SEA LEVEL;

AMPLITUDE; BOTTOM PRESSURE; ENERGY BUDGET; GRACE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; SATELLITE DATA; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84887044406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20307     Document Type: Article

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