Internal tide reflection and turbulent mixing on the continental slope

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1117-1134

  Nash, Jonathan D ^a   Kunze, Eric ^b   Toole, John M ^c   Schmitt, Ray W ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; TIDES; TURBULENT FLOW;

INTERNAL WAVES; SUBINTERNAL FLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ENERGY FLUX; INERTIA; INTERNAL WAVE; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 1342302561     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1117:ITRATM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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