Internal-wave reflection from uniform slopes: Higher harmonics and Coriolis effects

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-273

  Gerkema, T ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORIOLIS FORCE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTERNAL WAVE; RESONANCE; SLOPE; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 33745875306     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-13-265-2006     Document Type: Article

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