Turbulent dissipation on the margins of the South China Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Laurent, Louis St ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC TIDES; COMPLEX WAVES; CONTINENTAL SLOPES; DISSIPATION LEVELS; FRICTIONAL DISSIPATIONS; HIGH-FREQUENCY WAVES; MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; OPEN OCEANS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PREVIOUS YEARS; SOLITON LIKES; SOUTH CHINA SEAS; TURBULENT DISSIPATIONS; WATER COLUMNS; WAVE FIELDS;

TURBULENCE;

BAROTROPIC TIDE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DISSIPATION; TURBULENCE; WATER COLUMN; WAVE FIELD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 60149106895     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035520     Document Type: Article

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