A mechanism for the latitudinal dependence of peak-spectrum sea surface height variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1431-1444

  Lin, Xiaopei ^a,b,c   Yin, Yuqi ^a   Yang, Jiayan ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Qingdao Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Science and Technology   (China)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

critical frequency; peak spectrum; Rossby wave

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL WAVES; TROPICS;

CRITICAL FREQUENCIES; EARTH SIMULATORS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; HIGHER LATITUDES; PEAK SPECTRUM; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SUBTROPICAL OCEAN;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC MODE; CRITICAL FLOW; EDDY; LATITUDE; NONLINEAR WAVE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PEAK FLOW; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

EID: 84900372806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009642     Document Type: Article

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