On the structure and propagation of internal solitary waves generated at the Mascarene Plateau in the Indian Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-240

  da Silva, J C B ^a   New, A L ^b   Magalhaes, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internal solitary waves; Internal wave generation; Lee waves; Mode 2 solitary waves; Synthetic Aperture Radar

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BISCAY; CREST LENGTH; DATA SETS; DIRECT OBSERVATION; EASTERN SIDE; FIRST ORDER; GENERATION MECHANISM; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES; INTERNAL WAVE GENERATION; INTERNAL WAVES; LARGE PARTS; LEE WAVES; LINEAR WAVES; MODE-2 SOLITARY WAVES; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; SATELLITE SAR; SHELF BREAK; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENTS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGES; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL FLOW; TRAVELING WAVE; WESTERN SIDE; WESTWARD FLOW;

FLOWING WELLS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; SOLITONS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

SHEAR FLOW;

DATA SET; INTERNAL WAVE; LEE WAVE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHELF BREAK FRONT; SOLITARY WAVE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; MASCARENE PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT;

EID: 79951811249     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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