Observation of very large and steep internal waves of elevation near the Massachusetts coast

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Scotti, Alberto ^a   Pineda, Jesús ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

4219 Oceanography: General: Continental shelf processes; 4524 Oceanography: Physical: Fine structure and microstructure; 4544 Oceanography: Physical: Internal and inertial waves; 4568 Oceanography: Physical: Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes; 4815 Oceanography: Biological and Chemical: Ecosystems, structure and dynamics

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; TURBULENCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PLANKTONS; SHEARED TURBULENT WAVE-GUIDE; STEEP INTERNAL WAVES; WATER SHOREWARDS;

WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

COASTAL WATER; INTERNAL WAVE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14044255705     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021052     Document Type: Article

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