Numerical study of K1 internal tides in the Kuril straits

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Tanaka, Yuki ^a   Hibiya, Toshiyuki ^a   Niwa, Yoshihiro ^a   Iwamae, Nobuyuki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KAJIMA TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIDES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BAROTROPIC TIDES; COASTAL-TRAPPED WAVE; DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; DIAPYCNAL MIXING PROCESS; DIFFUSIVITIES; INTENSE MIXING; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVES; NORTH PACIFIC; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PARAMETERIZATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; TIDAL ENERGY; TIDAL FREQUENCIES; VELOCITY SHEAR; WATER-MASS FORMATION;

TIDAL POWER;

BAROTROPIC TIDE; DIFFUSIVITY; DISSIPATION; ENERGY FLUX; INTERNAL TIDE; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STRAIT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRAPPED WAVE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MASS; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

KURIL STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77957600820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005903     Document Type: Article

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