Refraction and shoaling of nonlinear internal waves at the Malin shelf break

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2657-2674

  Small, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; REFRACTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIDES; TURBULENCE;

SHOALING;

WATER WAVES;

INTERNAL WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REFRACTION; SHELF BREAK; SHOALING WAVE;

EID: 1642538273     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2657:RASONI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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