Infragravity waves in the deep ocean: Generation, propagation, and seismic hum excitation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Uchiyama, Yusuke ^a   McWilliams, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVES; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

AMPLITUDE; DEEP WATER; GRAVITY WAVE; OSCILLATION; SWELL; WAVE FORCE; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND WAVE;

EID: 51749116709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004562     Document Type: Article

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