An almost-free barotropic mode in the Australian-Antarctic Basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Weijer, Wilbert ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAINS; BACKGROUND VALUE; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC MODE; BOTTOM FRICTION; EDDY VISCOSITY; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SHALLOW-WATER MODELS; SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE; TRAPPED MODES;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; BAROTROPIC MODE; BAROTROPIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC WAVE; BOTTOM FRICTION; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN BASIN; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATER; VISCOSITY; VORTICITY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77953047674     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042657     Document Type: Article

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