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Saturation of the Internal Tide over the Inner Continental Shelf. Part I: Observations

Saturation of the Internal Tide over the Inner Continental Shelf. Part I: Observations AbstractBroadly distributed measurements of velocity, density, and turbulence spanning the inner shelf off central California indicate that (i) the average shoreward-directed internal tide energy flux ⟨FE⟩ decreases to near 0 at the 25-m isobath; (ii) the vertically integrated turbulence dissipation rate ⟨D⟩ is approximately equal to the flux divergence of internal tide energy ∂x⟨FE⟩; (iii) the ratio of turbulence energy dissipation in the interior relative to the bottom boundary layer (BBL) decreases toward shallow waters; (iv) going inshore, ⟨FE⟩ becomes decorrelated with the incoming internal wave energy flux; and (v) ⟨FE⟩ becomes increasingly correlated with stratification toward shallower water. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Physical Oceanography American Meteorological Society

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American Meteorological Society
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Copyright © American Meteorological Society
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1520-0485
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1520-0485
DOI
10.1175/JPO-D-20-0264.1
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Abstract

AbstractBroadly distributed measurements of velocity, density, and turbulence spanning the inner shelf off central California indicate that (i) the average shoreward-directed internal tide energy flux ⟨FE⟩ decreases to near 0 at the 25-m isobath; (ii) the vertically integrated turbulence dissipation rate ⟨D⟩ is approximately equal to the flux divergence of internal tide energy ∂x⟨FE⟩; (iii) the ratio of turbulence energy dissipation in the interior relative to the bottom boundary layer (BBL) decreases toward shallow waters; (iv) going inshore, ⟨FE⟩ becomes decorrelated with the incoming internal wave energy flux; and (v) ⟨FE⟩ becomes increasingly correlated with stratification toward shallower water.

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Journal of Physical OceanographyAmerican Meteorological Society

Published: Aug 22, 2021

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