Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3305602p&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 5, CiteID L05602
Physics
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Oceanography: Physical: Internal And Inertial Waves, Oceanography: Physical: Topographic/Bathymetric Interactions, Oceanography: Physical: Nearshore Processes
Scientific paper
From historical hydrocasts in the Okinawa Trough region of the East China Sea (ECS), acoustic echo time from 700 dbar to the surface shows a tight relationship with temperature (T) except near the 100-200-dbar layer. This is caused by 2nd- or higher-mode baroclinic variations. Significant out-of-phase correlation between upper and lower layer T from the hydrocasts confirms that 2nd-mode variations are strong. Furthermore, the 2nd-mode variations are dominant during the ebb tide period, which suggests they are caused by 2nd-mode internal tides (ITs) generated at the continental shelf break. For comparison, we investigate historical hydrocasts southeast of the Ryukyu Islands, where no significant 2nd-mode variations are found. A model simulating the M2 IT agrees qualitatively with these observations: it predicts relatively strong 2nd-mode IT energy in the ECS, but weak energy in the region southeast of the Ryukyu Islands.
Andres Magdalena
Martin Paul J.
Park Jae-Hun
Watts Randolph D.
Wimbush Mark
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