"Inertial" oscillations and the β-plane approximation(s)

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 633-647

  Ripa, P ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA-PLANE; CORIOLIS PARAMETERS; EARTH ROTATION; OSCILLATIONS;

EID: 0030809198     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0633:IOATPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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