Parameterizing surface and internal tide scattering and breaking on supercritical topography: The one- and two-ridge cases

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1380-1397

  Klymak, Jody M ^a   Buijsman, Maarten ^b   Legg, Sonya ^c   Pinkel, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLUXES; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERNAL MODES; INTERNAL TIDES; LINEAR RESPONSE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARAMETERIZING; TURBULENCE DISSIPATION;

TIDES; TOPOGRAPHY;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY FLUX; INTERNAL TIDE; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84881270332     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-061.1     Document Type: Article

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