Observations of tidal internal wave beams at Kauai Channel, Hawaii

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 421-436

  Cole, Sylvia T ^a   Rudnick, D L ^a   Hodges, B A ^a   Martin, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETUNED; DISPLACEMENT VARIANCE; DOPPLER; ENERGY FLUXES; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVE BEAMS; INTERNAL WAVE ENERGY FLUX; INTERNAL WAVES; MEAN FLOW; MOMENTUM FLUX; OPEN OCEAN; PHASE-AVERAGING; RIDGE STRUCTURES; TURBULENT DISSIPATION;

MOMENTUM; TIDES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

DISSIPATION; DOPPLER SODAR; INTERNAL WAVE; TIDE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE GENERATION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649132753     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3937.1     Document Type: Article

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