The effects of wind forcing and background mean currents on the latitudinal structure of equatorial Rossby waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 666-682

  Perez, Renellys C ^a   Chelton, Dudley B ^a   Miller, Robert N ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND POWER;

LATITUDINAL STRUCTURES; LINEAR WAVES; PACIFIC OCEAN; ROSSBY WAVES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

OCEANIC CURRENT; ROSSBY WAVE; WIND;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); WORLD;

EID: 21844480096     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2714.1     Document Type: Article

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