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Observations on the evolution of shoaling nonlinear internal waves in Massachusetts Bay using shipboard X-band radar

Creator:

Nelson, Brian G.

Abstract:

During four cruises in July and September of 2008 and 2009, the shipboard X-band radar was tuned to detect the modulated bands of surface roughness caused by converging and diverging currents associated with high-frequency nonlinear internal wave (NLIW) packets. The data collected was used to quantify the propagation direction (ϴp),...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

stratification. Because the NLIW are phase-locked to the barotropic tide, Doppler shifting of the NLIWs by