Energy flux of nonlinear internal waves in northern South China Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Chang, Ming Huei ^a   Lien, Ren Chieh ^b   Tang, Tswen Yung ^a   D'Asaro, Eric A ^b   Yang, Yiing Jang ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Chinese Naval Academy Kaohsiung   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; WATER WAVES;

DISSIPATION RATE; ENERGY FLUX; NONLINEAR INTERNAL WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENERGY FLUX; INTERNAL WAVE; NONLINEAR WAVE; PLATEAU; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33645835388     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025196     Document Type: Article

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