Fine- and microstructure observations in the Urup Strait, Kuril Islands, during August 2006

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Itoh, S ^a   Yasuda, I ^a   Nakatsuka, T ^b   Nishioka, J ^c   Volkov, Y N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Far Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; NANOFLUIDICS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES;

APPROXIMATE PERIOD; CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; CRITICAL VALUE; DISSIPATION RATES; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; FLOW DIRECTION; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; INTERNAL WAVES; KURIL ISLAND; MEAN FLOW; MICROSTRUCTURE OBSERVATION; NORTH PACIFIC; PHASE PROPAGATION; RESIDUAL FLOW; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SEA OF OKHOTSK; STRONG-MIXING; TIDAL FLOW; TURBULENT ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; TURBULENT MIXING; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY; WATER COLUMNS; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS; WATER PROPERTIES; WEAK STRATIFICATION;

ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MICROSTRUCTURE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TIME SERIES; TURBULENT MIXING; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER COLUMN; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS;

KURIL ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN; SEA OF OKHOTSK; URUP STRAIT;

EID: 77955536026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005629     Document Type: Article

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