Internal wave breaking at concave and convex continental slopes

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2224-2246

  Legg, Sonya ^a   Adcroft, Alistair ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; VECTORS; WATER WAVES;

TOPOGRAPHIC ANGLE; WAVE REFLECTIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; INTERNAL WAVE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 0442328720     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2224:IWBACA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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