Propagation of internal tides generated near Luzon Strait: Observations from autonomous gliders

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4125-4138

  Rainville, Luc ^a   Lee, Craig M ^a   Rudnick, Daniel L ^b   Yang, Kai Chieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gliders; internal tides; internal waves; Luzon Strait; tides

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; TIDES;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER GLIDERS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVES; LUZON STRAITS; PHASE PROGRESSIONS; TIDAL CURRENTS; WATER COLUMNS;

GLIDERS;

AMPLITUDE; ENERGY FLUX; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERNAL WAVE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TIDAL CURRENT; WATER COLUMN;

LUZON STRAIT;

EID: 84885168118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20293     Document Type: Article

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