Boundary mixing associated with tidal and near-inertial internal waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1238-1252

  Aucan, Jerome ^a   Merrifield, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL OSCILLATIONS; FLOW VARIABILITIES; HIGH STRAINS; INTERNAL TIDES; NEAR-INERTIAL INTERNAL WAVES; NEAR-INERTIAL WAVES; OCEAN MIXING; SCALE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; TIDAL MOTIONS; TIME-AVERAGED; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WINTER STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; STORMS; TIDES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

AMPLITUDE; DISPLACEMENT; DIURNAL VARIATION; INTERNAL WAVE; LEE WAVE; MIXING; MOORING SYSTEM; OCEANIC CURRENT; OVERTURN; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAENA RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57849114790     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3718.1     Document Type: Article

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