Near-inertial mixing: Modulation of shear, strain and microstructure at low latitude

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C8, 2001, Pages 16947-16968

  Alford, Matthew H ^a,b   Gregg, Michael C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Applied Physics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERTIA; INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING; SHEAR; STRAIN;

BANDA SEA;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 0034830857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000370     Document Type: Article

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