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  • The Luzon Strait is the generation region for strong internal tides that radiate westward into the South China Sea and eastward into the western Pacific. Intrusions of the Kuroshio and strong mesoscale variability in the Luzon Strait can influence their generation and propagation. Here, the authors use eight moorings and two numerical models to investigate these relationships by quantifying the coherence of the diurnal and semidiurnal internal tides in the Luzon Strait. This study finds that the level of coherence of internal tide generation, energy, and energy flux is quite variable, depending on the specific location within the Luzon Strait. Large-scale spatial patterns in internal tide pressure and velocity exist across the region, shaped by the bathymetry, mean flow, and stratification. Internal tide coherence is lower (<30%) near large gradients in this pattern (predominantly along the eastern ridge), which are shifted by the variable Kuroshio and mesoscale fields. At other locations within the Luzon Strait, the internal tide is largely coherent (>80%), and simple calculations suggest that remote sources of internal tides could account for these small decreases in coherence. To the west of the Luzon Strait (away from the primary generation regions), the model suggests that diurnal internal tide energy is more coherent than semidiurnal
  • Keywords: Circulation, Dynamics, oceanic, Internal waves, Atm, Waves, Oceanic variability, Phenomena, Tides, Ocean Structure, Variability
  • Keywords: Circulation, Dynamics, oceanic, Internal waves, Atm, Waves, Oceanic variability, Phenomena, Tides, Ocean Structure, Variability
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  • Pickering, A., Alford, M., Nash, J., Rainville, L., Buijsman, M., Ko, D. S., & Lim, B. (2015). Structure and Variability of Internal Tides in Luzon Strait. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(6), 1574-1594. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-14-0250.1
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  • 45
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  • IWISE was funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). This work was supported by ONR Grants N00014-09-1-0219 (Dr. Alford and Rainville), N00014-11-1-0184 (Pickering), N00014-05WX-2-0647 (Dr. Ko), ONRDC32025354 (Dr. Buijsman), and N00014-09-1-0281 (Dr. Nash).
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