Turbulent mixing and internal tides in Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon, Taiwan

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-396

  Lee, I Huan ^a   Lien, Ren Chieh ^b   Liu, James T ^a   Chuang, Wen ssn ^c  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Internal tides; Sediment Flux; Submarine Canyon; Turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TIDAL POWER; TURBULENCE;

BAROTROPIC TIDES; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; CRITICAL FREQUENCIES; DEPTH LAYERS; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; ENERGY BUDGETS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVES; OPEN OCEANS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SEDIMENT FLUX; SHEAR INSTABILITIES; SOUTHERN TAIWAN; STRONG TURBULENCES; SUBMARINE CANYON; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL ENERGIES; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGIES; TURBULENT MIXING; TYPICAL VALUES;

TIDES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENERGY BUDGET; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERNAL TIDE; OPEN OCEAN; SUBMARINE CANYON; TIDE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING;

KAOPING SUBMARINE CANYON; MONTEREY CANYON; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 60749083577     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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