The region of large sea surface height variability in the southeast Pacific Ocean

Satellite altimeter observations of sea surface height (SSH) show an extensive triangular region of high variability in the southeastern Pacific. The region is unusual in two ways. First, it appears to have a horizontal correlation scale that is much larger than that associated with the mesoscale ed...

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Main Authors: Webb, D.J (Author), de Cuevas, B.A (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2003.
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