Numerical study of the bottom-intensified tidal mixing using an "eikonal approach"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Iwamae, Nobuyuki ^a   Hibiya, Toshiyuki ^a   Watanabe, Michio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; TIDES;

DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; EIKONAL APPROACH; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; HOT SPOT; INTERNAL TIDES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; TIDAL INTERACTIONS; TIDAL MIXING; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

MIXING;

BATHYMETRY; DIFFUSIVITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERNAL TIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTURN; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 68749115465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005130     Document Type: Article

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