Mesoscale eddy-internal wave coupling. Part I: Symmetry, wave capture, and results from the mid-ocean dynamics experiment

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2556-2574

  Polzin, Kurt L ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL LAYERS; ENERGY PROPAGATION; HORIZONTAL VELOCITIES; INTERNAL WAVES; MESO-SCALE; MESO-SCALE EDDIES; NEAR-INERTIAL WAVES; OCEAN DYNAMICS; PARALLEL SHEAR FLOWS; SPATIAL SYMMETRIES; SPECTRAL MODELS; STRAIN FIELDS; THROUGH THE LENS; VERTICAL PROFILES; WAVE CAPTURES; WAVE FIELDS; WAVE NUMBERS;

DYNAMICS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

VORTEX FLOW;

DATA INTERPRETATION; INTERNAL WAVE; MESOSCALE EDDY; SHEAR FLOW; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL PROFILE; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE FIELD; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 65549158669     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3666.1     Document Type: Article

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