On the interaction between internal tides and wind-induced near-inertial currents at the shelf edge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Davies, Alan M ^a   Xing, Jiuxing ^a  

^a Bidston Observatory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internal tides; Near inertial current; Nonlinear interaction; Shelf edge; Turbulence energy model

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; INTERNAL TIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

EID: 0038412957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001375     Document Type: Article

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