An empirical model for estimating the geographic location of nonlinear internal solitary waves

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2243-2255

  Jackson, christopher R ^a  

^a Global Ocean Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL MODEL; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES; INTERNAL WAVES; MODEL FUNCTIONS; NEW APPROACHES; NONLINEAR INTERNAL WAVE; PARAMETERIZED MODEL; PHASE SPEED; PROPAGATION PATHS; PROPAGATION TIME; REGION OF INTEREST; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

SATELLITE IMAGERY; WAVES;

LOCATION;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERNAL WAVE; NONLINEAR WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLITARY WAVE; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 73149119771     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHO638.1     Document Type: Article

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