Internal waves and turbulence in the upper central equatorial pacific: Lagrangian and Eulerian observations

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2619-2639

  Lien, R C ^a   D'Asaro, E A ^a   McPhaden, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KINETIC ENERGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; THERMAL DIFFUSION; TURBULENCE;

INTERNAL WAVES; SHEAR STRATIFIED FLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EULERIAN ANALYSIS; INTERNAL WAVE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; TURBULENT MIXING;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036752504     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485-32.9.2619     Document Type: Article

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