Persistent near-diurnal internal waves observed above a site of M2 barotropic-to-baroclinic conversion

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1136-1147

  Carter, Glenn S ^a,b   Gregg, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES;

BAROTROPIC-TO-BAROCLINIC CONVERSION; BICOHERENCE ANALYSIS; NEAR-DIURNAL INTERNAL WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; BAROTROPIC WAVE; ENERGY BUDGET; INTERNAL WAVE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAENA RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745472619     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2884.1     Document Type: Article

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