Internal waves, baroclinic energy fluxes and mixing at the European shelf edge

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 937-950

  Mattias Green, J A ^a   Simpson, John H ^a   Legg, Sonya ^b   Palmer, Matthew R ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic energy fluxes; Celtic Sea; Internal waves; Shelf edge; Shelf mixing

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY FLUX; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING; PERTURBATION; SHELF BREAK; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; TIME SERIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE ENERGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

EID: 41149117861     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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