Turbulent mixing in the oceanic boundary layer caused by internal wave reflection from sloping terrain

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 24, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 51-62

  Slinn, Donald N ^a   Riley, James J ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; INTERNAL WAVES; SLOPING TOPOGRAPHY; VERTICAL MIXING; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 0029730755     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0265(95)00425-4     Document Type: Article

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