Inertial oscillations as deep ocean response to hurricanes

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 495-509

  Morozov, Eugene G ^a,b   Velarde, Manuel G ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTO PLURIDISCIPLINAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hurricane; Inertial oscillations; Internal waves; Near inertial; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HURRICANE; INTERNAL WAVE; OSCILLATION; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 52249095513     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-008-0042-0     Document Type: Article

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