TOPEX/Poseidon observations of Kelvin, Rossby and tropical instability waves in the equatorial Pacific ocean

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1561-1565

  Angell, J P ^b   Robinson, T R ^a   Lawrence, S P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTABILITY; KELVIN WAVE; PHASE VELOCITY; ROSSBY WAVE; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WAVE SPECTRUM;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032469318     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00070-8     Document Type: Article

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