Westward intensified and topographically modified planetary modes

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1459-1471

  Pierini, Stefano ^a,b  

^a Istituto Universitario Navale   (Italy)

^b Ist di Meteorologia e Oceanografia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY EFFECTS; CIRCULATION MODELLING; PLANETARY WAVES; WESTWARD INTENSIFICATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0031437535     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1459:WIATMP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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