The Antarctic circumpolar current as a waveguide for Rossby waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1375-1387

  Hughes, C W ^a  

^a Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; EDDIES; ROSSBY WAVES;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT;

EID: 0030481909     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1375:TACCAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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