Nonlinear features of equatorial baroclinic Rossby waves detected in Topex altimeter observations

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-126

  Glazman, R E ^a   Fabrikant, A ^a,b   Greysukh, A M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0344131293     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-3-115-1996     Document Type: Article

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