Oceanic isopycnal slope spectra. Part I: Internal waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1215-1231

  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; PROFILOMETRY; TURBULENCE;

INTERNAL WAVES; OCEANIC ISOPYCNAL SLOPE SPECTRA; TOW MEASUREMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AMPLITUDE; DISPLACEMENT; INTERNAL WAVE; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE SLOPE; WAVE MODELING;

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

EID: 34250757594     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3073.1     Document Type: Article

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