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Internal waves in a high-latitude region

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Internal waves are studied in two high-latitude regions of the Kara Sea. The measurements were carried out with a towed CTD profiler and a distributed temperature sensor on a mooring. The lack of internal waves with an M2 tidal period and the presence of high-frequency waves are demonstrated on the basis of the measurements and numerical modeling.

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  1. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    E. G. Morozov

  2. Atlantic Branch of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Mira 1, Kaliningrad, 236000, Russia

    V. T. Paka

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Original Russian Text © E.G. Morozov, V.T. Paka, 2010, published in Okeanologiya, 2010, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 709–715.

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Morozov, E.G., Paka, V.T. Internal waves in a high-latitude region. Oceanology 50, 668–674 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437010050048

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