Optical altimetry: A new method for observing rotating fluids with applications to Rossby and inertial waves on a polar beta-plane

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 572, Issue , 2007, Pages 389-412

  Rhines, P B ^a   Lindahl, E G ^a   Mendez, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; OSCILLATIONS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOSTROPHIC HYDROSTATIC CIRCULATION; OPTICAL ALTIMETRY;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; OSCILLATIONS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ALTIMETRY; CORIOLIS FORCE; ROSSBY NUMBER; ROSSBY WAVE; ROTATING FLUID; BETA-PLANE; FREE SURFACE FLOW; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROSTATICS; INERTIA; JET; LABORATORY METHOD; PRESSURE FIELD; TOPOGRAPHY; WAKE;

INERTIAL WAVES; OPTICAL ALTIMETRY; PRESSURE FIELD; ROSSBY WAVES;

EID: 33846541952     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006003582     Document Type: Article

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