Momentum balance in zonal flows and resonance of baroclinic Rossby waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 8 PART 1, 1999, Pages 1666-1681

  Völker, Christoph ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; RESONANCE; ROSSBY WAVE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0343775588     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1666:mbizfa>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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