Multiple oscillatory modes of the Argentine Basin. Part II: The spectral origin of basin modes

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2869-2881

  Weijer, Wilbert ^a,b   Vivier, Frédéric ^c   Gille, Sarah T ^a   Dijkstra, Henk A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CATCHMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ROSSBY BASIN MODES; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROTROPIC MODE; BASIN ANALYSIS; BATHYMETRY; BOTTOM FRICTION; EIGENVALUE; GEOMETRY; OSCILLATING FLOW; ROSSBY WAVE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINE BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 38549107041     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3688.1     Document Type: Article

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