PSI of the internal tide on a β plane: Flux divergence and near-inertial wave propagation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1673-1682

  Hazewinkel, J ^a   Winters, K B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE AMPLITUDE; FLUX DIVERGENCES; INTERNAL TIDES; NEAR-INERTIAL OSCILLATIONS; NEAR-INERTIAL WAVES; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; QUASI-STEADY STATE; SUBHARMONIC INSTABILITY; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL EDDY VISCOSITIES;

ENERGY TRANSFER; TURBULENCE;

TIDES;

DISSIPATION; EDDY; INTERNAL TIDE; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEAN WAVE; OSCILLATION; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80053337725     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JPO4605.1     Document Type: Article

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