Remote sensing evidence for baroclinic tide origin of internal solitary waves in the northeastern South China Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Zhao, Zhongxiang ^a   Klemas, Victor ^a   Zheng, Quanan ^b   Yan, Xiao Hai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

BAROCLINIC TIDE; INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES (ISWS);

GEOPHYSICS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; INTERNAL WAVE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLITARY WAVE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 18544413090     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019077     Document Type: Article

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