The formation and fate of internal waves in the South China Sea
Alford, M.H.; Peacock, T.; MacKinnon, J.; Nash, J.D.; Buijsman, M.C.; Centurioni, L.R.; Chao, S.-Y.; Chang, M.-H.; Farmer, D.M.; Fringer, O.B.; Fu, K.-H.; Gallacher, P.C.; Graber, H.C.; Helfrich, K.R.; Jachec, S.; Jackson, J.R.; Klymak, J.M.; Ko, D.S.; Jan, S.; Johnson, T.M.S.; Legg, S.; Lee, I.-H.; Lien, R.-C.; Mercier, M.J.; Mounm, J.N. (2015). The formation and fate of internal waves in the South China Sea. Nature (Lond.) 521(7550): 65-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14399
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, more
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Authors | | Top |
- Alford, M.H.
- Peacock, T.
- MacKinnon, J.
- Nash, J.D.
- Buijsman, M.C.
- Centurioni, L.R.
- Chao, S.-Y.
- Chang, M.-H.
- Farmer, D.M.
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- Fringer, O.B.
- Fu, K.-H.
- Gallacher, P.C.
- Graber, H.C.
- Helfrich, K.R.
- Jachec, S.
- Jackson, J.R.
- Klymak, J.M.
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- Ko, D.S.
- Jan, S.
- Johnson, T.M.S.
- Legg, S.
- Lee, I.-H.
- Lien, R.-C.
- Mercier, M.J.
- Mounm, J.N.
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Abstract |
Internal oceanic waves are subsurface gravity waves that can be enormous and travel thousands of kilometres before breaking but they are difficult to study; here observations of such waves in the South China Sea reveal their formation mechanism, extreme turbulence, relationship to the Kuroshio Current and energy budget. |
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