Experimental study of the internal wave damping on small-scale turbulence

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 398-405

  Ostrovsky, L A ^a,c   Kazakov, V I ^b   Matusov, P A ^b   Zaborskikh, D V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL WAVES; SMALL-SCALE; TURBULENCE; WAVE DAMPING;

INTERNAL WAVES; TURBULENCE; WAVE DAMPING;

EID: 0029656651     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0398:ESOTIW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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