Zonal wavelengths of planetary Rossby waves derived from hydrographic transects in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean?

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1039-1046

  Hagen, Eberhard ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrography; Northeast Atlantic; Planetary Rossby waves; Rossby dispersion

Indexed keywords

ROSSBY WAVE; WAVELENGTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 31444444359     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0020-3     Document Type: Article

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