Chapter 6 Remote sensing of oceanic extra-tropical Rossby waves

Elsevier Oceanography Series

Volumn 63, Issue C, 2000, Pages 99-123

  Cipollini, Paolo ^a   Cromwell, David ^a   Quartly, Graham D ^a   Challenor, Peter G ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1542339047     PISSN: 04229894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0422-9894(00)80007-0     Document Type: Article

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