Internal solitary waves in Davis Strait

Current meters and a thermistor chain deployed in proximity of a drillship over the continental shelf off Baffin Island revealed the presence of large amplitude internal waves. This thesis reviews properties of the internal waves, observed to propagate away from the coast and to coincide with the lo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cummins, Patrick
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/23922