A deep-ocean Kelvin-Helmholtz billow train

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Van Haren, Hans ^a   Gostiaux, Louis ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FREQUENCY; CARRIER WAVES; DOWNSLOPE; EULERIAN; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH RESOLUTION; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ BILLOWS; LOCAL MODES; MOORED TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; VERTICAL AMPLITUDE;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; TIME SERIES;

TIDES;

BUOYANCY; DEEP SEA; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FRONTAL FEATURE; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; MOORING SYSTEM; OVERTURN; RESUSPENSION; SEAMOUNT; SENSOR; TIME SERIES; TURBULENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT METEOR SEAMOUNT;

EID: 76349092202     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041890     Document Type: Article

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