A baroclinic tide in the eastern North Pacific determined from 1000-km acoustic transmissions

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 485-497

  Bracher, Charles ^a   Flatté, Stanley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEYS; INTERNAL TIDES; SEMIDIURNAL FLUCTUATIONS; TIDAL DISSIPATION;

PACIFIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030656356     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0485:ABTITE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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