On internal wave groups

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1085-1095

  Thorpe, S A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING;

EID: 0032733383     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1085:OIWG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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