Internal gravity wave frequencies and wavenumbers from single point measurements over a slope

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 699-723

  Thorpe, S A ^a,b   Umlauf, L ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Bodfryn   (United Kingdom)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 0037992703     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224002762688704     Document Type: Article

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