Marine Science Faculty Publications
The Latitude-Frequency Structure of Pacific Sea Level Variance
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1987
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1987)017<2362:TLFSOP>2.0.CO;2
Abstract
We report an unprecedented description of the latitudinal structure of tropical Pacific Ocean sea level variability for time scales between 3 and 100 days. A plot of calculated sea level variance latitude and frequency is described and exposes a rich variety of phenomena. We find signals due to the fortnightly tide, equatorial waves, zonal current instabilities, and atmospheric forcing.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Physical Oceanography, v. 17, issue 12, p. 2362-2365
Scholar Commons Citation
Mitchum, Gary T. and Lukas, Roger, "The Latitude-Frequency Structure of Pacific Sea Level Variance" (1987). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 2089.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/2089