Observations of small-scale processes associated with the internal tide encountering an island

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1553-1567

  Stevens, Craig L ^a   Abraham, Edward R ^a,b   Moore, C Mark ^c   Boyd, Philip W ^a   Sharples, Jonathan ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DataMine   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; KINEMATICS; MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; SPEED; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; TIDES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

PROPAGATION SPEED; SMALL-SCALE PROCESSES; TIDES INTERACTION; WAVE ENERGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FLOW AROUND OBJECT; INTERNAL TIDE; ISLAND; SHOALING WAVE;

EID: 27144433823     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2754.1     Document Type: Article

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