Statistical and dynamical analyses of generation mechanisms of solitary internal waves in the northern South China Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Zheng, Quanan ^a   Susanto, R Dwi ^b   Ho, Chung Ru ^c   Song, Y Tony ^d   Xu, Qing ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLITONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER WAVES;

INTERNAL WAVE; RADAR IMAGERY; SHOALING WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 34249809770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003551     Document Type: Article

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