High-resolution open-ocean temperature spectra

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Van Haren, Hans ^a   Gostiaux, Louis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SENSORS;

BUOYANCY FREQUENCY; COHERENCE SPECTRUM; CORIOLIS PARAMETER; DOMINANT MODE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INERTIAL FREQUENCY; INTERNAL WAVES; NEAR-SURFACE; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; PHASE DIFFERENCE; STABLE STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THIN LAYERS; TRANSITION FREQUENCIES; VERTICAL CURRENT; WEAK STRATIFICATION; ZERO-PHASE;

BUOYANCY;

BUOYANCY; INTERNAL WAVE; ISOTHERM; MOORING SYSTEM; OPEN OCEAN; SAMPLING; SENSOR; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VORTICITY; WAVE MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY BASIN;

EID: 68749099878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004967     Document Type: Article

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