Nonequilibrium response of the global ocean to the 5-day Rossby-Haurwitz wave in atmospheric surface pressure

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2158-2168

  Ponte, Rui M ^a,b  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CNES   (France)

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EID: 0001705632     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(0)027<2158:NROTGO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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