Moored Observations to Define the Structure and Energetics of Non-Linear Internal Wave Generation over the New Jersey Shelf

Abstract

Non-Linear Internal Wave (NLIW) packets are ubiquitous, yet they arrive with a high degree of irregularity in coastal oceans. Through this award, three water-column moorings and four bottom landers were deployed during the New Jersey Shelf Shallow Water 2006 (SW06) experiment. These moorings span the generation region for NLIWs and have been used to (1) quantify the structure, energetics, and timing of O(100) wave packets, (2) elucidate wave formation, the process internal tide steepening, (3) understand what sets the conversion efficiency between barotropic tide, baroclinic tide, and NLIW packets, and (3) determine the external factors (seasonal/mesoscale/tidal) that control NLIW energetics and variability in the coastal environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA507468

Entities

People

  • Jonathan D. Nash

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Amplitude
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Classification
  • Continental Shelves
  • Conversion
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Efficiency
  • Energy
  • Energy Levels
  • Internal Pressure
  • Internal Waves
  • Leading Edges
  • New Jersey
  • Observation
  • Universities
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography