Propagation and dissipation of internal tides in the Oslofjord

Staalstrøm, A.; Aas, E.; Liljebladh, B.

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Propagation and dissipation of internal tides in the Oslofjord

A. Staalstrøm, E. Aas, and B. Liljebladh

A. Staalstrøm

Section for Oceanography, Remote Sensing and Marine Modelling, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway

Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

E. Aas

Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

B. Liljebladh

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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