Measurements of the turbulent energy dissipation rate around the shelf break in the East China Sea

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1029-1037

  Matsuno, Takeshi ^a   Shimizu, Manabu ^b   Morii, Yasuhiro ^c   Nishida, Hideaki ^c   Takaki, Yasuaki ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Internal waves; Micro structure profiler; Shelf break; The East China Sea; Turbulent energy dissipation rate; Vertical eddy diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTERNAL WAVE; SHELF BREAK;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 31444454979     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0019-9     Document Type: Article

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