On "too fast" baroclinic planetary waves in the general circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1739-1758

  Dewar, W K ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC WAVE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PLANETARY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032466488     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1739:OTFBPW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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