Observations of highly nonlinear internal solitons over the continental shelf

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2695-2698

  Stanton, T P ^a   Ostrovsky, L A ^b,c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Internal wave; Nonlinearity; Oregon shelf; Pacific Ocean; Shelf wave; Solitary wave

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; SURFACE WAVES; TIDES; TSUNAMIS; WATER WAVES; SOLITONS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; LOOSE TETHERED MICROSTRUCTURE PROFILER; NONLINEAR INTERNAL SOLITONS; SOLITARY INTERNAL WAVES; COASTAL REGIONS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; INTERNAL SOLITON; OCEAN OBSERVATIONS; RADAR BACKSCATTER; SURFACE CURRENT; SURFACE DISTURBANCES;

SOLITONS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

INTERNAL WAVE; NONLINEARITY; SHELF WAVE; SOLITARY WAVE;

OREGON SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032129108     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01772     Document Type: Article

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