Tidally forced internal waves and overturns observed on a slope: Results from HOME

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1184-1201

  Levine, Murray D ^a   Boyd, Timothy J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MOORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIDES; TURBULENCE; WATER WAVES;

BAROTROPIC TIDAL CURRENTS; DENSITY OVERTURNS; HAWAII OCEAN MIXING EXPERIMENT (HOME); INTERNAL TIDAL RESPONSE; INTERNAL WAVES; OZMIDOV SCALE; THORPE SCALE; TURBULENT DISSIPATION RATE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING; OVERTURN; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 33644790360     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2887.1     Document Type: Article

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