Energetics of M2 barotropic-to-baroclinic tidal conversion at the Hawaiian Islands

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2205-2223

  Carter, Glenn S ^a   Merrifield, M A ^a   Becker, J M ^a   Katsumata, K ^b   Gregg, M C ^c   Luther, D S ^a   Levine, M D ^d   Boyd, T J ^e   Firing, Y L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUDGET CONTROL; GEOPHYSICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; TIDAL POWER; TIDES; WATER LEVELS;

BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC TIDAL; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC TIDES; BOTTOM FRICTIONS; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY EQUATIONS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTIONS; IN-SITU; INTERNAL TIDE GENERATIONS; INTERNAL TIDES; MODEL DOMAINS; MODEL SIMULATIONS; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; QUALITATIVE AGREEMENTS; REASONABLE AGREEMENTS; RESOLUTION MODELS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY DATUMS; STUDY SITES; TOPOGRAPHIC RESOLUTIONS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ENERGY BUDGET; INTERNAL TIDE; MODELING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; HAWAIIAN RIDGE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 57849114359     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3860.1     Document Type: Article

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