Oceanic isopycnal slope spectra. Part II: Turbulence

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1232-1245

  Klymak, Jody M ^a,c   Moum, James N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMISTORS; TURBULENCE;

BATCHELOR MODEL SPECTRUM; INTERNAL WAVES; ISOPYCNAL SLOPE SPECTRA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERNAL WAVE; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE SLOPE; TIDAL RANGE; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAVE MODELING; WAVELENGTH;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250729702     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3074.1     Document Type: Article

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