Solitary Rossby waves with baroclinic modes

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 671-685

  Kizner, Z ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MODE; BETA-PLANE; ROSSBY WAVES;

EID: 0031413795     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240973224256     Document Type: Article

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