Flow and mixing around a small seamount on Kaena Ridge, Hawaii

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1036-1052

  Carter, Glenn S ^a,b   Gregg, Michael C ^a   Merrifield, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DISSIPATION MEASUREMENTS; SEAMOUNT; TIDAL BEAM; TOPOGRAPHIC STEERING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FLOW PATTERN; MIXING; SEAMOUNT; SIMULATION; SUBMARINE RIDGE;

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

EID: 33747076359     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2924.1     Document Type: Article

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