Double-Ridge Internal tide interference and its effect on dissipation in Luzon strait

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1337-1356

  Buijsman, Maarten C ^a   Legg, Sonya ^a   Klymak, Jody ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asia; Internal waves; Numerical analysis modeling; Pacific Ocean; Subtropics; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BAROCLINIC WAVES; BAROTROPIC TIDES; DIURNAL TIDES; ENERGY DISSIPATION MECHANISM; ENERGY FLUXES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IN-PHASE; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVE BEAMS; INTERNAL WAVES; LEE WAVES; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; OUT OF PHASE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SUBTROPICS; SURFACE REFLECTIONS; WAVEFIELDS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; TURBULENCE;

TIDES;

BAROTROPIC TIDE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTERNAL TIDE; LEE WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; WAVE FIELD; ZONAL FLOW;

LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84868141387     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0210.1     Document Type: Article

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