Nonlinear midlatitude ocean adjustment

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1057-1082

  Dewar, William K ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVES; WIND;

BAROCLINIC WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROCLINIC WAVE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EKMAN PUMPING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038141073     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1057:NMOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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