7.8 Interannual to Decadal Variabilities in the Pacific Basin in an Ocean General Circulation Model
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Interannual and Decadal Variability in the Tropical and Midlatitude Pacific Ocean
Forty-four years of mechanical and expendable bathythermograph observations are assimilated into a general circulation model of the Pacific Ocean. The model is run from 1950 through 1993 with forcing at the surface from observed monthly mean wind stress and temperature. The resulting analysis is used to describe the spatial and temporal patterns of variability at interannual and decadal periods...
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