Properties of Rossby waves in the North Atlantic estimated from satellite data

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-76

  Osychny, Vladimir ^a   Cornillon, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; WATER WAVES;

ROSSBY WAVES; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT (SSH);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; ROSSBY WAVE;

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 1342309007     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0061:PORWIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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