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Observed Rossby waves in the South China Sea from satellite altimetry data (2003)
| Venue: | In: proceedings of SPIE Conference on Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Sea Ice |
| Citations: | 4 - 1 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Chu03observedrossby,
author = {Peter C. Chu and Chin-lung Fang},
title = {Observed Rossby waves in the South China Sea from satellite altimetry data},
booktitle = {In: proceedings of SPIE Conference on Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Sea Ice},
year = {2003},
pages = {142--149}
}
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Abstract
A global daily altimetry dataset was recently established at the Naval Research Laboratory on the base of Geosat Follow-On, TOPEX/POSEIDON, and ERS-2 data using the Modular Ocean Data Assimilation System (MODAS). After quality control such as tidal and orbit error removal, referencing to a consistent mean, it provides a global sea surface height (SSH) data with high temporal and spatial resolutions. We identify the first baroclinic Rossby waves with a phase speed around 3-5 cm/s in the northern South China Sea using 1994-2001 daily SSH data. We also find that there is no evident Rossby wave signal in the southern South China Sea.
