The formation and fate of internal waves in the South China Sea

Matthew H. Alford (), Thomas Peacock, Jennifer A. MacKinnon, Jonathan D. Nash, Maarten C. Buijsman, Luca R. Centurioni, Shenn-Yu Chao, Ming-Huei Chang, David M. Farmer, Oliver B. Fringer, Ke-Hsien Fu, Patrick C. Gallacher, Hans C. Graber, Karl R. Helfrich, Steven M. Jachec, Christopher R. Jackson, Jody M. Klymak, Dong S. Ko, Sen Jan, T. M. Shaun Johnston, Sonya Legg, I-Huan Lee, Ren-Chieh Lien, Matthieu J. Mercier, James N. Moum, Ruth Musgrave, Jae-Hun Park, Andrew I. Pickering, Robert Pinkel, Luc Rainville, Steven R. Ramp, Daniel L. Rudnick, Sutanu Sarkar, Alberto Scotti, Harper L. Simmons, Louis C. St Laurent, Subhas K. Venayagamoorthy, Yu-Huai Wang, Joe Wang, Yiing J. Yang, Theresa Paluszkiewicz and Tswen-Yung (David) Tang
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Matthew H. Alford: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Thomas Peacock: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Jennifer A. MacKinnon: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Jonathan D. Nash: Oregon State University
Maarten C. Buijsman: University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center
Luca R. Centurioni: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Shenn-Yu Chao: University of Maryland
Ming-Huei Chang: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
David M. Farmer: University of Rhode Island
Oliver B. Fringer: Stanford University
Ke-Hsien Fu: National Sun-Yat Sen University
Patrick C. Gallacher: Naval Research Laboratories (NRL), Stennis Space Center
Hans C. Graber: University of Miami
Karl R. Helfrich: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Steven M. Jachec: Florida Institute of Technology
Christopher R. Jackson: Global Ocean Associates
Jody M. Klymak: University of Victoria
Dong S. Ko: Naval Research Laboratories (NRL), Stennis Space Center
Sen Jan: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
T. M. Shaun Johnston: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Sonya Legg: Princeton University
I-Huan Lee: National Sun-Yat Sen University
Ren-Chieh Lien: University of Washington
Matthieu J. Mercier: Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse
James N. Moum: Oregon State University
Ruth Musgrave: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Jae-Hun Park: Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Andrew I. Pickering: University of Washington
Robert Pinkel: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Luc Rainville: University of Washington
Steven R. Ramp: Soliton Ocean Services
Daniel L. Rudnick: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Sutanu Sarkar: University of California San Diego
Alberto Scotti: University of North Carolina
Harper L. Simmons: University of Alaska at Fairbanks
Louis C. St Laurent: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Subhas K. Venayagamoorthy: Colorado State University
Yu-Huai Wang: National Sun-Yat Sen University
Joe Wang: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
Yiing J. Yang: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
Theresa Paluszkiewicz: Office of Naval Research
Tswen-Yung (David) Tang: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University

Nature, 2015, vol. 521, issue 7550, 65-69

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.

Date: 2015
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