Shoaling of large-amplitude nonlinear internal waves at Dongsha Atoll in the northern South China Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Fu, Ke Hsien ^a   Wang, Yu Huai ^a   St Laurent, Louis ^b   Simmons, Harper ^c   Wang, Dong Ping ^d  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom slope; Continental shelf; Internal waves; Shoaling; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; AMPLITUDE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIURNAL VARIATION; INTERNAL WAVE; MOORING SYSTEM; NONLINEARITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SHOALING WAVE; SLOPE; VELOCITY; WATER DEPTH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PRATAS ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84862810229     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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