Internal tides and mixing in a submarine canyon with time-varying stratification

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2121-2142

  Zhao, Zhongxiang ^a   Alford, Matthew H ^b   Lien, Ren Chieh ^b   Gregg, Michael C ^b   Carter, Glenn S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Diapycnal mixing; In situ oceanic observations; Internal waves; oceanic; Profilers; Tides; Wind bursts

Indexed keywords

DIAPYCNAL MIXING; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY FLUXES; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVES; LEE WAVES; MODAL STRUCTURES; OCEANIC; PROFILERS; SUBMARINE CANYON; THERMOCLINE DEPTH; THORPE SCALE; TIME VARIABILITY; TIME VARYING; TURBULENT DISSIPATION;

MIXING; STREAM FLOW; SUBMARINES;

TIDES;

BREAKING WAVE; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERNAL WAVE; LEE WAVE; MIXING; SHOALING WAVE; STRATIFICATION; SUBMARINE CANYON; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE; TURBULENCE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FORCING;

MONTEREY CANYON; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84872242185     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-045.1     Document Type: Article

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