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Large-Amplitude Internal Solitary Waves Observed in the Northern South China Sea: Properties and Ene...

Large-Amplitude Internal Solitary Waves Observed in the Northern South China Sea: Properties and Ene...

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Large-Amplitude Internal Solitary Waves Observed in the Northern South China Sea: Properties and Energetics

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Large-Amplitude Internal Solitary Waves Observed in the Northern South China Sea: Properties and Energetics

Publisher

Boston, MA: American Meteorological Society

Journal title

Journal of physical oceanography, 2014-04, Vol.44 (4), p.1095-1115

Language

English

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Boston, MA: American Meteorological Society

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Contents

Five large-amplitude internal solitary waves (ISWs) propagating westward on the upper continental slope in the northern South China Sea were observed in May–June 2011 with nearly full-depth measurements of velocity, temperature, salinity, and density. As they shoaled, at least three waves reached the convective breaking limit: along-wave current ve...

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Large-Amplitude Internal Solitary Waves Observed in the Northern South China Sea: Properties and Energetics

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1520386437

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1520386437

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ISSN

0022-3670

E-ISSN

1520-0485

DOI

10.1175/JPO-D-13-088.1

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