Diagnosis of frontal instabilities over the Southern Ocean

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 863-875

  Patoux, Jérôme ^a   Hakim, Gregory J ^a   Brown, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; TIDAL POWER; WIND;

FRONTAL WAVES; SCATTEROMETERS; SEA WOMDS; SURFACE WINDS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SCATTEROMETER;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 18544386989     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MRW2883.1     Document Type: Article

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