Observations of strong inertial oscillations after the passage of Tropical Cyclone Ofa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C2, 1997, Pages 3317-3322

  Firing, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; CYCLONE OFA; OSCILLATIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE OFA; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

PACIFIC, (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 0031011160     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC03497     Document Type: Article

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