The Antarctic circumpolar wave: A combination of two signals?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2509-2525

  Venegas, Silvia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; OCEAN ENGINEERING;

WAVENUMBERS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MODELING; OCEANIC CURRENT;

EID: 0041954801     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2509:TACWAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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