Advection, phase distortion, and the frequency spectrum of finescale fields in the sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 291-313

  Pinkel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DOPPLER EFFECT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SHEAR WAVES; WATER WAVES;

FINESCALE FIELDS; FREQUENCY SPECTRUM; OCEANIC SHEAR; PHASE DISTORTION; WAVE NUMBER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; CORIOLIS FORCE; DEPTH DETERMINATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; UPPER OCEAN; WAVE FIELD; WAVE VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 40949095356     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3559.1     Document Type: Article

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