Long extratropical planetary wave propagation in the presence of slowly varying mean flow and bottom topography. Part I: The local problem

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 784-801

  Killworth, Peter D ^a   Blundell, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); VECTORS; VELOCITY;

BAROTROPIC FLOWS;

WATER WAVES;

BAROCLINIC MODE; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; PLANETARY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 0043163172     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)33<784:LEPWPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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