Upscale energy transfer by the vortical mode and internal waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2446-2469

  Brunner Suzuki, Anne Marie E G ^a   Sundermeyer, Miles A ^a   Lelong, M Pascale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL WAVES; VORTICAL MODES;

DIFFUSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; INTERNAL WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN WAVE; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 84907087668     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0149.1     Document Type: Article

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