Propagation of low-mode internal waves through the ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1220-1236

  Rainville, Luc ^a,b   Pinkel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIDES; WATER WAVES;

BAROCLINIC SHOALS; BAROCLINIC TIDES; BAROTROPIC MESOSCALE CURRENT FIELD; OCEAN TOPOGRAPHY EXPERIMENT (TOPEX); POSEIDON ALTIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; RAY MODEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ENERGY BUDGET; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERNAL WAVE; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33747060164     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2889.1     Document Type: Article

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