Nonlinear Internal Waves - A Wave-Tracking Experiment to Assess Nonlinear Internal Wave Generation, Structure, Evolution and Dissipation over the NJ Shelf / Analysis

Abstract

The thrust of this project is the investigation of non-linear internal waves which appear as waves of depression when propagating on a near-surface interface and as waves of elevation when propagating on a near-bottom interface. Waves of depression will initiate the generation of waves of elevation as they propagate into shallow water where the interface depth below the surface nears its height above bottom. We have had the good fortune to observe (by shipboard wave-tracking and from bottom moorings) both waves of depression and of elevation propagating inshore from the Oregon shelf break into shallow water. We have now also had the further good fortune to make systematic and comprehensive studies of the generation, structure, evolution and dissipation of non-linear internal waves over the New Jersey shelf within the context of the heavily-instrumented combined acoustic / environmental array deployed in summer 2006.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA526927

Entities

People

  • James N. Moum

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backscattering
  • Continental Shelves
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Detection
  • Dissipation
  • Frequency
  • Heat Flux
  • Internal Waves
  • Measurement
  • New Jersey
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Signatures
  • Shallow Water
  • Waves

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Oceanography.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.