The effect of zonal currents on equatorial waves

Elsevier Oceanography Series

Volumn 36, Issue C, 1983, Pages 291-317

  Ripa, P ^a   Marinone, S G ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL WAVES; ONE-LAYER BETA-PLANE MODEL; ZONAL CURRENTS EFFECT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0020927165     PISSN: 04229894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0422-9894(08)70640-8     Document Type: Article

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