Internal wave variability in the Beaufort Sea during the winter of 1993/1994

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Halle, Chris ^a   Pinkel, Robert ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic eddies; Arctic oceanography; Inertial waves; Inertial mesoscale interactions; Internal waves; SIMI

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; INTERNAL WAVE; MESOSCALE EDDY; SEA ICE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 0141975330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000703     Document Type: Article

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