Internal wave measurements on the Cycladic Plateau of the Aegean Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Alford, Matthew H ^a   Gregg, Michael C ^a   Zervakis, Vassilis ^b   Kontoyiannis, Harialos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOORING; TIDES;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; AEGEAN SEA; BAND PASS FILTERING; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ENERGY INCREASE; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; IN-PHASE; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVES; LOW FREQUENCY; MIXED LAYER; NEAR-INERTIAL WAVES; REFERENCE LEVELS; SURFACE MOORING; TIDAL FLOW; TIME VARIABILITY; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; WIND EVENTS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; INTERNAL WAVE; KINETIC ENERGY; LUNAR CYCLE; MOORING SYSTEM; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; AEGEAN SEA; CRETAN SEA; CYCLADES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84856598910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007488     Document Type: Article

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