Do multiple peaks in the radon transform of westward propagating sea surface height anomalies correspond to higher order Rossby wave baroclinic modes?

Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 685-689

  Maharaj, Angela ^a   Cipollini, P ^b   Holbrook, N ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; RADON; SEA LEVEL;

HYPOTHESIS; RADON TRANSFER; SEA SURFACE;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 24044485243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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