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EDITORIAL This volume contains an initial collection of papers resulting from the Hawaii Ocean Mixing Experiment (HOME), a multifaceted study of tidal energy conversion and related processes along the Hawaiian Ridge. HOME is motivated by fundamental issues of ocean energetics: To maintain the general circulation of the ocean in a steady state there must be a coarse space––time balance between the mechanisms that drive the flow and those that dissipate it. However, some oceanic ““dissipation”” processes evolve in response to factors external to the general circulation, having a geography and history of their own. Tidally driven ocean mixing is an example. To assess properly the role of tidal mixing, it is necessary to document the various pathways by which energy is transferred from the astronomical forcing, through barotropic and baroclinic tides, to viscous decay. HOME, supported primarily by the National Science Foundation, with supplemental support from the Office of Naval Research, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, represents an attempt by approximately 20 investigators from five institutions to quantify the cross-scale transfer of tidal energy at a relatively simple tidal conversion site, the Hawaiian Ridge. The goals of HOME are 1) to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Physical Oceanography American Meteorological Society

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Pinkel, Rob; Rudnick, Dan
Journal of Physical Oceanography , Volume 36 (6) – Jun 1, 2006
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American Meteorological Society
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Copyright © 2006 American Meteorological Society
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1520-0485
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This volume contains an initial collection of papers resulting from the Hawaii Ocean Mixing Experiment (HOME), a multifaceted study of tidal energy conversion and related processes along the Hawaiian Ridge. HOME is motivated by fundamental issues of ocean energetics: To maintain the general circulation of the ocean in a steady state there must be a coarse space––time balance between the mechanisms that drive the flow and those that dissipate it. However, some oceanic ““dissipation”” processes evolve in response to factors external to the general circulation, having a geography and history of their own. Tidally driven ocean mixing is an example. To assess properly the role of tidal mixing, it is necessary to document the various pathways by which energy is transferred from the astronomical forcing, through barotropic and baroclinic tides, to viscous decay. HOME, supported primarily by the National Science Foundation, with supplemental support from the Office of Naval Research, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, represents an attempt by approximately 20 investigators from five institutions to quantify the cross-scale transfer of tidal energy at a relatively simple tidal conversion site, the Hawaiian Ridge. The goals of HOME are 1) to

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