Long Waves in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean: A View from a Geostationary Satellite
- 16 September 1977
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 197 (4309), 1179-1181
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.197.4309.1179
Abstract
During 1975, westward-moving long waves with a period of about 25 days and a wavelength of 1000 kilometers were observed at a sea surface temperature front in the equatorial Pacific on infrared images obtained by a geostationary environmental satellite system. The absence of these waves during 1976, and the above-average equatorial sea surface temperatures during 1976, may be related to a decrease in the southeasterly trade winds during that year.Keywords
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