Laboratory studies of equatorially trapped waves using ferrofluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 338, Issue , 1997, Pages 35-58

  Ohlsen, Daniel R ^a   Rhines, Peter B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GEOMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITY WAVES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ROTATION; WATER WAVES;

EQUATORIALLY TRAPPED WAVES; KELVIN WAVES; LAPLACE EQUATIONS; ROSSBY WAVES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

FERROFLUID; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; WAVE;

FLUID DYNAMICS; MODELLING; TRAPPED WAVES;

EID: 0642365391     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096004776     Document Type: Article

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