Evidence of boundary reflection of Kelvin and first-mode Rossby waves from TOPEX/POSEIDON sea level data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C7, 1996, Pages 16361-16371

  Boulanger, Jean Philippe ^a   Fu, Lee Lueng ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAYED ACTION OSCILLATOR THEORY; ENSO; RADAR ALTIMETRY; TOPEX/POSEIDON; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 0030451453     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC01282     Document Type: Article

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