Long baroclinic Rossby waves detected by TOPEX/POSEIDON

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C2, 1997, Pages 3215-3235

  Polito, Paulo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; BAROCLINIC WAVE; FIRST-MODE BAROCLINIC WAVES; ROSSBY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVES; SATELLITE SENSING; TOPEX/POSEIDON;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030974803     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC03349     Document Type: Article

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