The wavenumber-frequency content of resonantly excited equatorial waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1834-1858

  Durland, Theodore S ^a   Thomas Farrar, J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Inertia gravity waves; Ocean dynamics

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL WAVES; GROUP VELOCITIES; INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; MERIDIONAL WINDS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; RESONANT EXCITATION; ROSSBY-GRAVITY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE NUMBERS; WAVE STRUCTURES; WAVENUMBER-FREQUENCY SPECTRA; ZONAL WAVENUMBER; ZONAL WIND;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS; LIGHT VELOCITY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WIND;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EQUATORIAL WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WAVE ENERGY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84871997714     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0234.1     Document Type: Article

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