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contributor authorKang, Yong Q.
contributor authorMagaard, Lorenz
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:45:32Z
date available2017-06-09T14:45:32Z
date copyright1980/08/01
date issued1980
identifier issn0022-3670
identifier otherams-26105.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4162963
description abstractWe analyze XBT data, collected in the central North Pacific under the NORPAX program (TRANSPAC), by means of inverse methods (cross-spectral fit). We separate the data into two parts: a fluctuation with length scales in the order of the dimensions of the North Pacific basin and a wavelike fluctuation with much shorter scales of a few hundred kilometers. At the annual frequency we find the wavelike fluctuation to consist of a random field of first-order baroclinic Rossby waves traveling basically northwest with wavelengths of ?300 km and phase speeds of ?1 cm s?1. The group velocity is directed mainly southwest and is of the order of 1 cm s?1. We describe the fields of temperature, pressure, velocity, sea level elevation, and horizontal and vertical particle displacement associated with the annual baroclinic Rossby waves.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleAnnual Baroclinic Rossby Waves in the Central North Pacific
typeJournal Paper
journal volume10
journal issue8
journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0485(1980)010<1159:ABRWIT>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1159
journal lastpage1167
treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;1980:;Volume( 010 ):;issue: 008
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