Rossby waves: Synergy in action

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1802, 2003, Pages 57-63

  Quartly, Graham D ^a   Cipollini, Paolo ^a   Cromwell, David ^a   Challenor, Peter G ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll concentration; Indian ocean; Rossby waves; Sea surface height; Sea surface temperature; Synergy

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; METABOLISM; SEA; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

CHLOROPHYLL; OCEANS AND SEAS; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 0141923463     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1108     Document Type: Review

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