Numerical study of baroclinic tides in Luzon Strait

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 789-802

  Jan, Sen ^a   Lien, Ren Chieh ^b   Ting, Chi Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic tides; Fortnightly; Luzon Strait; Numerical model; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TIDE; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN BASIN; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDAL CONSTITUENT; TIDAL MODELING; TURBULENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 52749083954     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-008-0066-5     Document Type: Article

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