Low-frequency western Pacific Ocean sea level and circulation changes due to the connectivity of the Philippine archipelago

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6759-6773

  Zhuang, Wei ^a   Qiu, Bo ^b   Du, Yan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal Kelvin waves; interannual to decadal; Philippine Archipelago; sea level and circulation changes; time dependent island rule

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; TROPICS; WIND EFFECTS;

CIRCULATION CHANGES; INTERANNUAL-TO-DECADAL; KELVIN WAVES; PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO; TIME-DEPENDENT ISLAND RULE;

SEA LEVEL;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONNECTIVITY; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84892942546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009376     Document Type: Article

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