Source of the baroclinic waves in the southeast Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C5, 2001, Pages 9145-9160

  Birol, Florence ^a,b   Morrow, Rosemary ^a,c  

^a Lab d'Etud Geophysique O   (France)

^b CLS   (France)

^c LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC WAVE; BATHYMETRY; BOUNDARY CURRENT; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SEA LEVEL; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS;

(SOUTHEAST); INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034938281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900044     Document Type: Article

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