NONLINEAR SHORT-TERM UPPER OCEAN CIRCULATION VARIABILITY: IN THE TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC - Qiu, Bo; Chen, Shuiming; Powell, Brian S.; Colin, Patrick L.; Rudnick, Daniel L.; Schönau, Martha C. (Oceanography (Washington, D.C.), 2019)
Keywords: Amplitude; Barotropic instability; Barotropic mode; Circulation; Downwelling; Eddies; El Nino; El Nino phenomena; Environmental changes; In situ temperature; La Nina; Marine ecosystems; Ocean circulation; Ocean currents; Permanent thermocline; Planetary waves; Satellite altimetry; Sea level; SPECIAL ISSUE ON FLEAT: FLOW ENCOUNTERING ABRUPT TOPOGRAPHY; Temperature measurement; Thermocline; Trade winds; Tropical climate; Upper ocean; Variability; Water circulation; Water masses; Wave dynamics; Palau; Pacific Ocean