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The Unpredictable Nature of Internal Tides on Continental Shelves

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Nash, Jonathan D., Kelly, Samuel M., Shroyer, Emily L., Moum, James N., and Duda, Timothy F.

Abstract:

Packets of nonlinear internal waves (NLIWs) in a small area of the Mid-Atlantic Bight were 10 times more energetic during a local neap tide than during the preceding spring tide. This counterintuitive result cannot be explained if the waves are generated near the shelf break by the local barotropic tide...

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State University, Corvallis, Oregon SAMUEL M. KELLY University of Western Australia, Perth, Western