Bispectral analysis of energy transfer within the two-dimensional oceanic internal wave field

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2104-2109

  Furuichi, Naoki ^a   Hibiya, Toshiyuki ^a   Niwa, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIDES; WATER WAVES;

BISPECTRAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CASCADES; OCEANIC INTERNAL WAVE FIELD; PARAMETRIC SUBHARMONIC INSTABILITY; SPECTRAL RESPONSES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ENERGY FLUX; INTERNAL WAVE; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 29744439577     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2816.1     Document Type: Article

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