Observations of internal wave generation in the seasonally ice-free Arctic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Rainville, Luc ^a   Woodgate, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA; DEEP WATER; INERTIAL CURRENT; INERTIAL MOTIONS; INTERNAL WAVE ACTIVITY; INTERNAL WAVES; LAYER MIXING; LOW ENERGIES; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEANIC RESPONSE; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; VERTICAL MIXING; VERTICAL SHEAR; WATER COLUMNS; WIND ENERGY;

OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS; WIND POWER;

ICE;

ENERGY FLUX; ICE RETREAT; INTERNAL WAVE; MIXED LAYER; MOORING SYSTEM; SEA ICE; VERTICAL MIXING; WAVE GENERATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 72049100094     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041291     Document Type: Article

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