Tidally induced diapycnal mixing in the Kuril Straits and its role in water transformation and transport: A three-dimensional nonhydrostatic model experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Nakamura, Tomohiro ^a,b   Awaji, Toshiyuki ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diapycnal mixing; Eddy induced transport; Internal wave; Kuril Straits; Tidal front; Tidal rectification

Indexed keywords

MIXING; TIDAL CURRENT;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); WORLD;

EID: 22844448917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC001850     Document Type: Article

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