The vertical structure of oceanic Rossby waves: a comparison of high-resolution model data to theoretical vertical structures

Hunt, F. K.; Tailleux, R.; Hirschi, J. J.-M.

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The vertical structure of oceanic Rossby waves: a comparison of high-resolution model data to theoretical vertical structures

F. K. Hunt, R. Tailleux, and J. J.-M. Hirschi

F. K. Hunt

Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

R. Tailleux

Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK

J. J.-M. Hirschi

National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK

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