Non-tidal aliasing in seasonal sea-level variability and annual Rossby waves as observed by satellite altimetry

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1478-1488

  Chen, G ^a   Ezraty, R ^b  

^a Ocean University of Gingdas   (China)

^b IFREMER   (France)

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EID: 0642311992     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-1478-z     Document Type: Article

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