Low-mode internal tide generation by topography: An experimental and numerical investigation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 636, Issue , 2009, Pages 91-108

  Echeverri, Paula ^a   Flynn, M R ^b   Winters, Kraig B ^c   Peacock, Thomas ^d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; TIDES;

CONVERSION RATES; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; INTER-HARMONICS; INTERNAL TIDE GENERATION; INTERNAL TIDES; NON-LINEAR PHENOMENA; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOURS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERNAL TIDE; SUBMARINE RIDGE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 76249085286     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009007654     Document Type: Article

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