Zonal distribution features of high frequency planetary waves in the oceans derived from satellite altimeter data

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-96

  Qiao, Fangli ^a   Tal, Ezer ^b   Yuan, Yeli ^a  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimeter; Rossby waves; Zonal distribution features

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; ERS-2; OSCILLATION; PLANETARY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WAVE VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 33044503447     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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