A WKB analysis of the surface signature and vertical structure of long extratropical baroclinic Rossby waves over topography

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 191-219

  Tailleux, Rémi ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0347656958     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1463-5003(02)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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