The generation of nonlinear in Ternal waves

Oceanography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-123

  Jackson, Christopher R ^a   da Silva, José C B ^b,c   Jeans, Gus ^d  

^a University of Porto ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Oceanalysis   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84863474945     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2012.46     Document Type: Article

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