@article{fdi:30110,
  title = {{O}bservations and wind-forced model simulations of the mean seasonal cycle in tropical {P}acific sea surface topography},
  author = {{M}c{P}haden, {M}.{J}. and {B}usalacchi, {A}.{J}. and {P}icaut, {J}o{\¨e}l},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e examine simulations of the mean seasonal cycle in the tropical {P}acific using a multiple vertical mode linear numerical model forced with three different surface wind stress products average over the period 1979-1981. {T}he model is run to equilibrium for each four vertical modes, and results are summed. {S}imulated mean seasonal cycles in dynamic height and sea level are then compared with observed variations based on expendable bathythermograph and island tide gauge data averaged over the same 1979-1981 period. {A}ll simulations show characteristic features of the mean meridional ridge-through structure in surface topography. {H}owever, north and south equatorial ridges at 20°{N} and 20°{S} are much higher than those observed, only weak equatorial ridges are generated near 4°{N}, and none of the simulations exhibits a significant equatorial trough. {T}hese discrepancies are due principally to limitations in model physics in the wind forcing. {O}bserved and modeled mean seasonal variations in surface height are of the order of a few centimeters.},
  keywords = {{OCEANOGRAPHIE} {PHYSIQUE} ; {ACQUISITION} {DE} {DONNEES} ; {VENT} ; {NIVEAU} {MARIN} ; {SURFACE} {MARINE} ; {MODELISATION} ; {PACIFIQUE} {TROPICAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {G}eophysical {R}esearch},
  volume = {93},
  numero = {{C}7},
  pages = {8131--8146},
  ISSN = {0148-0227},
  year = {1988},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:30110},
}