Acoustic measurements of the spatial and temporal structure of near-bottom boundary layer in the 1990-1991 STRESS experiment

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1271-1295

  Lynch, James F ^a   Irish, James D ^a   Gross, Thomas F ^b   Wiberg, Patricia L ^c   Newhall, Arthur E ^a   Traykovski, Peter A ^a   Warren, Joseph D ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030874560     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(97)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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