Rapid response of the East Australian Current to remote wind forcing: The role of barotropic-baroclinic interactions

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 413-431

  Hill, K L ^a   Rintoul, S R ^b   Oke, P R ^b   Ridgway, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC WAVE; BAROTROPIC WAVE; COASTAL ZONE; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; KELVIN WAVE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 79960675586     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224010794657218     Document Type: Article

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