The scattering of Rossby waves from finite abrupt topography

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-239

  Owen, G W ^a   Willmott, A J ^a   Abrahams, I D ^b   Mansley, H ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abrupt topography; Continuous stratification; Rossby wave

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WATER WAVES;

DENSITY VARIATION; FINITE ABRUPT TOPOGRAPHY; INCIDENT WAVE ENERGY; ROSSBY WAVES; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ROSSBY WAVE; SCATTERING; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 20444488270     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920500087690     Document Type: Article

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