Interpretation of the propagation of surface altimetric observations in terms of planetary waves and geostrophic turbulence

The interpretation of surface altimetric signals in terms of Rossby waves is revisited. Rather than make the long-wave approximation, the horizontal scale of the waves is adjusted to optimally fit the phase speed predicted by linear theory to that observed by altimetry, assuming a first baroclinic m...

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Main Authors: Tulloch, Ross, Smith, K. Shafer, Marshall, John C
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Geophysical Union 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60564
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9230-3591