Reflection of equatorial Kelvin waves at eastern ocean boundaries Part I: Hypothetical boundaries

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 812-826

  Soares, J ^a   Wainer, I ^a   Wells, N C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oceanography: general (equatorial oceanography; numerical modeling); Oceanography: physical (eastern boundary currents)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033441948     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-0812-z     Document Type: Article

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