Meteorologically forced subinertial flows and internal wave generation at the main sill of the Strait of Gibraltar

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1277-1283

  Vázquez, Agueda ^a   Bruno, Miguel ^a   Izquierdo, Alfredo ^a   Macías, Diego ^a   Ruiz Cañavate, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gibraltar Strait; Internal bore; Internal hydraulic; Internal waves; Stratified flow; Subinertial flows

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; TIDES;

BAROTROPIC; GIBRALTAR; GIBRALTAR STRAIT; INTERNAL BORE; INTERNAL HYDRAULIC; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVE GENERATION; INTERNAL WAVES; NON-LINEAR PROCESSING; OSCILLATION PERIODS; PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS; STRATIFIED FLOW; SUBINERTIAL FLOWS; TIDAL FLOWS; WATER COLUMN;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC TIDE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; INTERNAL WAVE; WATER COLUMN; WAVE GENERATION;

CAMARINAL SILL; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 50349098307     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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