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Reflection of annual Rossby waves at the maritime western boundary of the tropical PacificResults are presented of an examination of altimetric sea level time series from the first 17 months of the Geosat Geodetic Mission. The examination provides the first direct evidence of the Rossby wave reflection process operating in both hemispheres at the maritime western boundary of the tropical Pacific, in regard to annual Rossby activity. It is demonstrated that the Philippines in the Northern Hemisphere and the Solomon, the Bismarck, and the New Guinea islands in the Southern Hemisphere reflected the incident baroclinic Rossby wave activity of the one-year period, generating equatorial Kelvin wave activity that emanated from the maritime western boundary of the tropical Pacific, conducting the annual baroclinic signal along the equator into the eastern equatorial Pacific.
Document ID
19900042572
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
White, Warren B.
(California Univ. La Jolla, CA, United States)
Graham, Nicholas
(California Univ. La Jolla, CA, United States)
Tai, C.-K.
(California, University La Jolla, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
March 15, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 95
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
90A29627
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF OCE-86-07962
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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