Resurrecting dead-water phenomenon

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-208

  Mercier, M J ^a,b   Vasseur, R ^a,c,d   Dauxois, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL WAVE; NONLINEARITY; PYCNOCLINE; STRATIFIED FLUID;

EID: 79952677943     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-18-193-2011     Document Type: Article

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