Baroclinic modes in a two-layer basin

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 610-622

  Spydell, Matthew ^a   Cessi, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MASS TRANSFER;

GEOSTROPHIC CONTOURS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC MODE; EIGENVALUE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVE; WIND STRESS;

EID: 0141786743     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0610:BMIATL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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