Bandwidth similarity at inertial and tidal frequencies in kinetic energy spectra from the Bay of Biscay

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 637-652

  Van Haren, Hans ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

06 W.; 46 N; Bay of Biscay; Intermittency; Internal waves; Non linear processes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BANDWIDTH; GRAVITY WAVES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; KINETIC ENERGY; TIDES;

BROAD ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; INERTIAL FREQUENCY; NON-LINEAR INTERACTION; TIDAL ENERGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERNAL WAVE; KINETIC ENERGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 1942438182     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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