Basin-wavelength equatorial deep jet signals across three Oceans

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2134-2148

  Youngs, Madeleine K ^a,b   Johnson, Gregory C ^a  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atm ocean structure phenomena; Baroclinic flows; Circulation dynamics; Decadal variability; Geographic location entity; Jets; Oscillations; Planetary waves; Tropics; Variability

Indexed keywords

JETS; MECHANICAL WAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; POWER SPECTRUM; TROPICS; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

BAROCLINIC FLOWS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; OSCILLATIONS; PLANETARY WAVES; VARIABILITY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; DECADAL VARIATION; JET FLOW; KELVIN WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PLANETARY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVELENGTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84943429057     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0181.1     Document Type: Article

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