The modification of long planetary waves by homogeneous potential vorticity layers

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 500-511

  De Szoeke, Roland A ^a   Chelton, Dudley B ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY WAVE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032718611     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0500:TMOLPW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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