Synthetic Aperture Radar observations of resonantly generated internal solitary waves at Race Point Channel (Cape Code)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  da Silva, J C B ^a   Helfrich, K R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROUDE NUMBER; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SOLITONS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIDES; WATER WAVES;

FROUDE NUMBER; INTERNAL WAVE; RADAR IMAGERY; RESONANCE; SOLITARY WAVE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MASSACHUSETTS; MASSACHUSETTS BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85042597393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005004     Document Type: Article

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