Observation of mixed Rossby-gravity waves in the western equatorial pacific

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-141

  Zhu, Xiao Hua ^a   Kaneko, Arata ^a   Gohda, Noriaki ^a   Inaba, Hideo ^b   Kutsuwada, Kunio ^b   Radenac, Marie Helene ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Equatorial Pacific; Mixed Rossby gravity waves; Moored ADCPs; TOGA COARE

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; ROSSBY WAVES;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL WEST);

EID: 0031926301     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02751689     Document Type: Article

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