Evidence for Rossby wave control of tropical instability waves in the Pacific Ocean

• Published in: Geophysical research letters Vol. 27; no. 15; pp. 2257 - 2260
• Main Authors: Lawrence, S. P., Angell, J. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2000; American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: Arrays; Buoys; Dynamics of the ocean (upper and deep oceans); Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Instability; Marine; Pacific Ocean; Physics of the oceans; Poseidon satellite; Satellites; Stability; Transport; Pacific Ocean; Tropical Pacific Ocean; IS, Equatorial Pacific; IS, Tropical Pacific; Correlation coefficient; Rossby wave; Buoy; Ocean wave; Instability; Satellite observation; Wave interaction

Tropical instability waves north and south of the equator play an important role in the transport of mass and heat in the tropical Pacific ocean. Using data from the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite and the Tropical Atmosphere‐Ocean buoy array, we present important observational evidence that Rossby waves m...