Internal tides observed at 2°S-156°E by in situ and TOPEX/POSEIDON data during the coupled ocean-atmosphere response experiment (COARE)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3336, 1998, Pages 12629-12638

  Gourdeau, L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b A5 ^*  (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC WAVE; INTERNAL TIDE; TOGA-COARE; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WAVE PROPAGATION;

(EQUATORIAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032525778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc00454     Document Type: Article

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