Internal tide radiation from Mendocino escarpment

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1510-1527

  Althaus, Alana M ^a   Kunze, Eric ^a   Sanford, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SALINE WATER; STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENCE; WATER WAVES;

ENERGY FLUX;

TIDES;

ENERGY FLUX; ESCARPMENT; INTERNAL TIDE; TIDAL CURRENT; VELOCITY PROFILE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0041738008     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1510:ITRFME>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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