Instability and focusing of internal tides in the deep ocean

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 588, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-28

  Bühler, Oliver ^a   Muller, Caroline J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIDES; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; WATER WAVES;

INTERNAL TIDES; LARGE-SCALE OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEA-FLOOR TOPOGRAPHY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIDES; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; WATER WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL TIDE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEAFLOOR; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBULENCE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 37749055356     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007007410     Document Type: Article

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