Energy transformations and dissipation of nonlinear internal waves over New Jersey's continental shelf

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 345-360

  Shroyer, E L ^a   Moum, J N ^a   Nash, J D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTERNAL WAVE; NONLINEAR WAVE; TURBULENT MIXING; WAVE ENERGY;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955315190     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-17-345-2010     Document Type: Article

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