The dispersion relation for planetary waves in the presence of mean flow and topography. Part II: Two-dimensional examples and global results

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2110-2133

  Killworth, Peter D ^a   Blundell, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DOPPLER EFFECT; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER WAVES; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

MEAN FLOW; PHASE SPEEDS; PHASE VELOCITIES; PLANETARY WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FLOW MODELING; PLANETARY WAVE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 29744463009     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2817.1     Document Type: Article

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