Seasonal kinetic energy variability of near-inertial motions

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1035-1049

  Silverthorne, Katherine E ^a,b   Toole, John M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY PROPAGATION; ENERGY VARIABILITY; FREQUENCY MOTIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INERTIAL MOTIONS; INTERNAL WAVES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE ENERGIES; WATER COLUMNS; WAVENUMBER SPECTRA; WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; WIND FORCING;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC ENERGY; MOORING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

WIND POWER;

DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN; WAVE MODELING; WAVELENGTH; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 67649967417     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3920.1     Document Type: Article

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