TY - JOUR
T1 - The Latitude-Frequency Structure of Pacific Sea Level Variance
AU - Mitchum, Gary T.
AU - Lukas, Roger
PY - 1987/1/1
Y1 - 1987/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/2089
UR - https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1987)0172362:TLFSOP2.0.CO;2
U2 - 10.1175/1520-0485(1987)0172362:TLFSOP2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1175/1520-0485(1987)0172362:TLFSOP2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
VL - 17
JO - Journal of Physical Oceanography
JF - Journal of Physical Oceanography
ER -