Direct evidence of deep water intrusions onto the continental shelf via surging internal tides

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Nam, Sunghyun ^a   Send, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; TIDES; TIME SERIES;

BAROCLINIC; COLD WATERS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CRITICAL LATITUDE; DEEP WATER; EDDY HEAT FLUXES; INERTIAL FREQUENCY; INTERNAL HYDRAULIC; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVE BREAKING; INTERNAL WAVES; NEAR-BOTTOM TEMPERATURE; NEAR-SHORE ZONES; NEARSHORES; SHALLOW WATERS; SLOPING BOTTOM; THERMOCLINE SHOALING; TIDAL ENERGY; TIME-SERIES DATA; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURES;

TIDAL POWER;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; HEAT FLUX; INTERNAL TIDE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECT; SALINITY; SHOALING WAVE; THERMOCLINE; VELOCITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; HUNTINGTON BEACH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957461509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006692     Document Type: Article

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