Observations of the internal tide in Monterey Canyon

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1873-1903

  Petruncio, Emil T ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Leslie K ^a   Paduan, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLUX; INTERNAL TIDE; SUBMARINE CANYON; TIDAL CURRENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032990047     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1873:OOTITI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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