Boundary wave communication of bottom pressure and overturning changes for the North Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Roussenov, Vassil M ^a   Williams, Richard G ^a   Hughes, Chris W ^b   Bingham, Rory J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BOTTOM PRESSURE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OVERTURN; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 56049098551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004501     Document Type: Article

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