Do eddies ride on Rossby waves?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 5417-5435

  Polito, Paulo S ^a   Sato, Olga T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

altimeter; eddies; filter; planetary waves; Rossby waves; vortices

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; BAROCLINIC WAVE; EDDY; FILTER; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; VORTICITY; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84941997656     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC010737     Document Type: Article

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