Rossby wave-coastal Kelvin wave interaction in the extratropics. Part I: Low-frequency adjustment in a closed basin

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2382-2404

  Liu, Zhengyu ^a   Wu, Lixin ^a   Bayler, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KELVIN WAVE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; OCEAN BASIN; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 0033390084     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2382:RWCKWI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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