The interaction of a baroclinic mean flow with long Rossby waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 865-879

  Colin de Verdiere A ^a   Tailleux, R ^b  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DOPPLER EFFECT; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SHEAR STRESS; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE EFFECTS;

BAROCLINIC MEAN FLOW; MEAN FLOW SHEAR; PHASE SPEED CORRECTION; ROSSBY WAVES;

SURFACE WAVES;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; MODELING; ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 21844435229     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2712.1     Document Type: Article

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