Strong inertial currents and marginal internal wave stability in the central North Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2993-2996

  Van Haren, Hans ^a   Maas, Leo ^a   Zimmerman, J T F ^a   Ridderinkhof, Herman ^a   Malschaert, Hans ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SOLAR RADIATION; TIDES; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS; MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

INERTIAL CURRENTS; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SHEAR FLOW;

CURRENT; INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING;

NORTH SEA;

EQUILIBRIUM STATE; INERTIAL CURRENT; INERTIAL MOTIONS; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SOLAR INSOLATION; VERTICAL CURRENT; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS;

EID: 0033210644     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL002352     Document Type: Article

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