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Internal Kelvin Wave

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-014766

Subsurface gravity wave with a rotational component propagated along a density interface against a vertical barrier such as a coast or the wall of a basin.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-014766
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014766",
  "term": "Internal Kelvin Wave",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Subsurface gravity wave with a rotational component propagated along a density interface against a vertical barrier such as a coast or the wall of a basin.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/internal-kelvin-wave/"
}

Record 14,766 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.