On the nature of internal wave spectra near a continental slope

Details On the nature of internal wave spectra near a continental slope On the nature of internal wave spectra near a continental slope

Jun 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002georl..29l..57v&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 29, Issue 12, pp. 57-1, CiteID 1615, DOI 10.1029/2001GL014341

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Oceanography: Physical: Internal And Inertial Waves, Oceanography: Physical: Currents, Oceanography: Physical: Surface Waves And Tides (1255)

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Amongst the most energetic motions in the deep ocean are internal waves supported by stable vertical stratification in density. Previously, these waves were considered freely propagating as described by a smooth continuum internal wave band (IWB) frequency spectrum. We studied details of the IWB using yearlong current observations from the Bay of Biscay. Instead of observing continuum IWB spectra near a continental slope, we show that (at least) the first half-decade of the IWB is dominated by motions at localized frequencies determined by strong non-linear interactions between waves at the fundamental semidiurnal tidal and atmospherically induced inertial frequencies.

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