Nonlinear internal waves over New Jersey's continental shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Shroyer, E L ^a,b   Moum, J N ^a   Nash, J D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC TIDES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; ENERGY FLUXES; EXTENDED KORTEWEG-DE VRIES EQUATION; FLUID STATE; INTERNAL MOTION; INTERNAL TIDES; NEAR-INERTIAL WAVES; NEW JERSEY; NONLINEAR INTERNAL WAVE; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; SHELF BREAK; TIDAL CIRCULATION; TIME SPAN; WAVE FORMATION; WAVE GROUP; WAVEFIELDS;

TIDES;

AMPLITUDE; ARRIVAL TIME; BAROTROPIC TIDE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY FLUX; INTERNAL WAVE; NONLINEAR WAVE; WAVE FIELD; WAVE GENERATION;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953242492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006332     Document Type: Article

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