The high-resolution vertical structure of internal tides and near-inertial waves measured with an ADCP over the continental slope in the Bay of Biscay

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 533-556

  van Aken, Hendrik M ^a   van Haren, Hans ^a   Maas, Leo R M ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Continental slope; Internal tides; Internal waves; Near inertial waves

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVES; NEAR-INERTIAL WAVES; SALINITY STRATIFICATION;

TIDES;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERNAL WAVE; KINETIC ENERGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSCALE EDDY; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 34047095966     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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