Propagation of near-inertial oscillations through a geostrophic flow

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 735-766

  Young, W R ^a   Jelloul, Mahdi Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; NEAR-INERTIAL; OSCILLATIONS; PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031423974     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240973224283     Document Type: Article

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