Topographic Rossby modes in the Strait of Sicily

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C3, 1996, Pages 6429-6440

  Pierini, Stefano ^a  

^a Istituto Universitario Navale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION MODELLING; PLANETARY WAVES; ROSSBY MODES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, STRAIT OF SICILY;

EID: 0029750104     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC03138     Document Type: Article

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