Tropical storm-induced near-inertial internal waves during the Cirene experiment: Energy fluxes and impact on vertical mixing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 358-380

  Cuypers, Y ^a   Le Vaillant, X ^a   Bouruet Aubertot, P ^a   Vialard, J ^a   McPhaden, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEATING RATE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHOCK TUBES; STORMS; STREAM FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WIND POWER;

HIGH FREQUENCY WINDS; NEAR-INERTIAL INTERNAL WAVES; NEAR-INERTIAL WAVES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SHEAR INSTABILITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURBULENT MIXING; WIND POWER INPUT;

MIXING;

CRUISE REPORT; CYCLONE; ENERGY FLUX; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE; MOORING SYSTEM; PYCNOCLINE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; TURBULENT MIXING; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAVE ENERGY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 84878899441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC007881     Document Type: Article

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