Spectra of baroclinic inertia-gravity wave turbulence

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1256-1265

  Glazman, Roman E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; TURBULENCE; WAVE SPECTRA; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 0030466257     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1256:SOBIGW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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