Reflection and transmission of equatorial Rossby waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-373

  Spall, Michael A ^a   Pedlosky, Joseph ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CATCHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REFLECTION; THEOREM PROVING; WIND;

ENERGY FLUX; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND EVENTS;

WATER WAVES;

ENERGY FLUX; ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 17744368343     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-2691.1     Document Type: Article

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