Acoustic Mode Coupling by Nonlinear Internal Wave Packets in a Shelfbreak Front Area

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 118-125

  Duda, Timothy F ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Internal waves; Mode coupling; Shallow water; Shelfbreak front; Solitary waves; Sound propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; WAVEGUIDES;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; INTERNAL WAVES; MODE COUPLING; SHALLOW WATER; SHELFBREAK FRONT; SOLITARY WAVES;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 1842429169     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2003.822975     Document Type: Conference Paper

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