Diagnosing a partly standing internal wave in Mamala Bay, Oahu

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Martini, K I ^a   Alford, M H ^a   Nash, J D ^b   Kunze, E ^c   Merrifield, M A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; WATER WAVES;

BAROCLINIC MODE; ENERGY FLUX MEASUREMENTS; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL (POM); STANDING INTERNAL WAVE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC MODE; ENERGY FLUX; INTERNAL WAVE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STANDING WAVE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAENA RIDGE; MAMALA BAY; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948998478     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029749     Document Type: Article

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