Article
 

Extracting the internal tide from data: Methods and observations from the Mixed Layer Dynamics Experiment

Public Deposited

Contenu téléchargeable

Télécharger le fichier PDF
https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/kd17cz73p

Descriptions

Attribute NameValues
Creator
Abstract
  • Several methods are developed for analyzing data containing a highly variable internal tide. In particular, the methods are aimed at the analysis of moored observations with relatively few measurements in the vertical. The analysis depends upon an "elliptical decomposition" that is a generalization of the familiar "rotary decomposition." The technique is applied to velocity and temperature observations in the upper ocean made during the Mixed Layer Dynamics Experiment (MILDEX) in the northeast Pacific Ocean, about 700 km west of Santa Barbara, California, during October-November 1983. The observed propagation direction and amplitude of the internal tide was highly variable in time. It was anticipated that the wave could be propagating from the continental shelf where it is presumed to be generated. However, most of the time the internal tide appears to be propagating parallel to the coast. This result suggests the importance of density and velocity structure at mesoscale and frontal scale in affecting the propagation of the internal tide.
Resource Type
DOI
Date Available
Date Issued
Citation
  • Levine, M., and J. Richman (1989), Extracting the Internal Tide From Data: Methods and Observations From the Mixed Layer Dynamics Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 94(C6), 8125-8134. doi:10.1029/JC094iC06p08125
Journal Title
Journal Volume
  • 94
Journal Issue/Number
  • C6
Déclaration de droits
Publisher
Language
Replaces

Des relations

Parents:

This work has no parents.

Articles

La vignette Titre Date de téléchargement Visibilité actes
file details Levine_and_Richman_JGR_1989.pdf 2017-12-06 Public Télécharger