Observations of internal wave packets propagating along-shelf in northern Monterey Bay

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Woodson, C B ^a   Barth, J A ^b   Cheriton, O M ^c   McManus, M A ^d   Ryan, J P ^e   Washburn, L ^c   Carden, K N ^c   Cheng, B S ^f   Fernandes, J ^g   Garske, L E ^f   Gouhier, T C ^b   Haupt, A J ^a   Honey, K T ^a   Hubbard, M F ^h   Iles, A ^b   Kara, L ^h   Lynch, M C ^c   Mahoney, B ⁱ   Pfaff, M ^j   Pinsky, M L ^a   Robart, M J ^f   Stewart, J S ^a   Teck, S J ^c   True, A ^k   more..

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^h Bodega Marine Laboratory University of California ^*  (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^k Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; STREAM FLOW; WAVE PACKETS; WAVES;

BUOYANT PLUME; DISSIPATION RATES; INTERNAL WAVES; MONTEREY BAY; MONTEREY BAY , CALIFORNIA; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THERMOCLINE DEPTH;

OCEAN HABITATS;

AMPLITUDE; BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISSIPATION; INTERNAL WAVE; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751555905     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045453     Document Type: Article

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