Generation and propagation of nonlinear internal waves in Massachusetts Bay

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Scotti, A ^a   Beardsley, R C ^b   Butman, B ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

HYDROSTATICS; INTERNAL WAVE; MODELING; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MASSACHUSETTS; MASSACHUSETTS BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349043166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004313     Document Type: Article

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