Internal tidal currents in the Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-404

  Lee, I Huan ^a   Wang, Yu Huai ^b   Liu, James T ^b   Chuang, Wen Ssn ^c   Xu, Jingping ^d  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaoping (Kaoping) River; Internal tidal currents; Standing wave; Submarine Canyon

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; FLOW PATTERNS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; STANDING WAVE METERS; SUBMARINES; TIDES; WAVES;

CHANNEL VELOCITIES; DENSITY INTERFACES; DENSITY STRUCTURES; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; GAOPING (KAOPING) RIVER; INTERNAL TIDAL CURRENTS; INTERNAL TIDES; MAXIMUM VELOCITIES; MODE VELOCITIES; OUT-OF-PHASE; PARTIAL REFLECTIONS; PHASE ADVANCES; STANDING WAVE; STANDING WAVE PATTERNS; SUBMARINE CANYON; ZERO CROSSINGS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERNAL TIDE; STANDING WAVE; SUBMARINE CANYON; TIDAL CURRENT;

KAOPING SUBMARINE CANYON; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 60749107416     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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