Observations and Simulations of the Circulation and Mixing around the Andaman-Nicobar Submarine Ridge

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 319-323

  Yi Neng, Li ^a   Shi Qiu, Peng ^a   Xue Zhi, Zeng ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Andaman Sea; bottom topography effects; internal waves; vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING; MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SUBMARINE RIDGE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; INDIA;

EID: 84906738668     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2012.11447008     Document Type: Article

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