Internal wave interactions with equatorial deep jets. Part I: Momentum-flux divergences

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1453-1467

  Muench, Joanna E ^a   Kunze, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; INTERNAL WAVE; JET; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

EID: 0033452484     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1453:IWIWED>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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