Scattering of shelf waves by a spatially varying mean current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C2, 1996, Pages 3479-3487

  Yankovsky, Alexander E ^a   Chapman, David C ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTS; CURRENTS; SCATTERING; WAVES;

MEAN CURRENT; SHALLOW WATER MODEL; SHELF WAVES; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0029656628     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC02991     Document Type: Article

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