From Luzon Strait to Dongsha Plateau: Stages in the life of an internal wave

Oceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 65-77

  Farmer, David M ^a   Alford, Matthew H ^b   Lien, Ren Chieh ^b   Yang, Yiing Jiang ^c   Chang, Ming Huei ^d   Li, Qiang ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Naval Academy   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84930486085     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2011.95     Document Type: Article

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