Free and forced Rossby waves in the western south China sea inferred from jason-1 satellite altimetry data

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3633-3642

  Wu, Xiangyu ^a   Xie, Qiang ^a   He, Zhigang ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Intra seasonal signal; Rossby wave; Sea surface height; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; SURFACE WATERS; WIND STRESS;

INTRA-SEASONAL; JASON-1; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WESTERN SOUTH CHINA SEAS; WIND STRESS CURL;

MECHANICAL WAVES;

EID: 47049090629     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8063633     Document Type: Article

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