Distribution of deep near-inertial waves observed in the Kuroshio Extension

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 709-717

  Park, Jae Hun ^a   Donohue, Kathleen A ^a   Watts, D Randolph ^a   Rainville, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic current meter; deep eddies; inverted echo sounder; Kuroshio; Kuroshio Extension System Study; Near inertial wave

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BAROTROPIC MOTION; DEEP WATER; EDDY; GYRE; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN WAVE; SENSOR; WAVE PROPAGATION;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77956820897     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-010-0058-0     Document Type: Article

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