Evidence for Rossby wave control of tropical instability waves in the Pacific ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2257-2260

  Lawrence, S P ^a   Angell, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTABILITY; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITES; TROPICS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STABILITY; WATER WAVES;

EQUATORIAL CURRENTS; ROSSBY WAVE CONTROL; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE; TROPICAL INSTABILITY WAVES;

WATER WAVE EFFECTS; MECHANICAL WAVES;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COUPLING MECHANISM; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; INSTABILITY WAVES; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE OCEAN BUOYS; TROPICAL INSTABILITY WAVES; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034352723     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL002363     Document Type: Article

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