The Cape Cod Experiment on Near-Surface Internal Waves.

Abstract

Two current meter data sets, including temperature records from the Cape Cod Experiment (CCE) in the slope water of New England, were analyzed in the internal gravity-wave range. Variations of the Brunt-Vaisala frequency could be determined from temperature spectra after the whole record was divided into pieces. Together with an estimate for the mean vertical temperature gradient the partition of kinetic and potential energy was calculated. Scaled vertical kinetic energy spectra P sub WW from three different locations in the North Atlantic were compared.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA002333

Entities

People

  • Melbourne G. Briscoe
  • Walter Zenk

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Sets
  • Energy
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Gravity Waves
  • Internal Waves
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Military Research
  • New England
  • Potential Energy
  • Spectra
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Oceanography.