Numerical simulations of the local generation of internal solitary waves in the Bay of Biscay

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 575-584

  Grisouard, N ^a   Staquet, C ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL WAVE; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLITARY WAVE; THERMOCLINE; WAVE GENERATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; INDIAN OCEAN; MASCARENE RIDGE; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL;

EID: 77958046585     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-17-575-2010     Document Type: Article

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