Internal Solitary Waves in the Red Sea: An Unfolding Mystery
The off-shelf region between 16.0° and 16.5°N in the southern Red Sea is identified as a new hotspot for the occurrence of oceanic internal solitary waves. Satellite observations reveal trains of solitons that, surprisingly, appear to propagate from the center of the Red Sea, where it is deepest, to...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Oceanography Society
2012-06-01
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Series: | Oceanography |
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Online Access: | http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/25-2_da_silva.pdf |