An amplification mechanism of intraseasonal long Rossby wave in Subtropical ocean

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 369-378

  Lin, Xiaopei ^a   Wu, Dexing ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Lan, Jian ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Baroclinic instability; Long Rossby wave; PV pool

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 22844431918     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-005-0047-x     Document Type: Article

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