The effect of bottom topography on the speed of long extratropical planetary waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2689-2710

  Killworth, Peter D ^a   Blundell, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; PLANETARY WAVE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 0033375822     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2689:TEOBTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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