Wind-induced motion in the vicinity of a bottom density front: Response to forcing frequency

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Davies, Alan M ^a   Xing, Jiuxing ^a  

^a Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Front; Internal waves; Wind's momentum

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL WAVE; WIND;

EID: 17744364350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002151     Document Type: Article

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