Observation of near-inertial wave reflections within the thermostad layer of an anticyclonic mesoscale eddy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Byun, Sang Shin ^a   Park, Jong Jin ^b   Chang, Kyung Il ^a   Schmitt, Raymond W ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; ANTICYCLONIC MESOSCALE EDDIES; BUOYANCY EFFECT; ENERGY PROPAGATION; NEAR-INERTIAL WAVES; PHASE PROPAGATION; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; SEASONAL THERMOCLINE; VERTICAL SHEAR; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

BUOYANCY; TIME SERIES;

MOORING;

ANTICYCLONE; BUOYANCY; MESOSCALE EDDY; RAY TRACING; THERMOCLINE; TIME SERIES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE REFLECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 75749098434     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041601     Document Type: Article

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