Three-dimensional, nonhydrostatic numerical simulation of nonlinear internal wave generation and propagation in the South China Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Z ^a   Fringer, O B ^a   Ramp, S R ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIDES;

AMPLITUDE DISPERSION; ARRIVAL TIME; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC CURRENTS; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVES; LEE WAVES; LINEAR CHARACTERISTICS; LINEAR MODEL; MODEL RESULTS; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR INTERNAL WAVE; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TIDAL RESONANCE; WAVE GENERATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AMPLITUDE; BAROTROPIC WAVE; DIURNAL VARIATION; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERNAL WAVE; NONLINEAR WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELENGTH;

LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 79958069062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006424     Document Type: Article

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