South China Sea 2007: Energetics of Shoaling Solitary Waves on the Dongsha Slope Ocean Physics Group Progress Report

Abstract

Our long-term goal is to understand how energy is supplied to the ocean, and how it subsequently cascades to the turbulence and mixing important to the circulation, and the transport and distribution of tracers. This problem involves scales spanning sub-inertial motions to turbulence, and therefore requires integrative efforts with other sea-going investigators and numerical modelers. The South China Sea project was an ideal opportunity to investigate the cascade from internal tides to higher frequency waves though the processes of internal wave scattering and non-linear steepening.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2007
Accession Number
ADA578326

Entities

People

  • Jody M. Klymak
  • Robert Pinkel

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Continental Shelves
  • Continental Slopes
  • Doppler Sonar
  • Frequency
  • Internal Waves
  • Landforms
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Ridges
  • Scattering
  • Solitons
  • Sonar
  • South China Sea
  • Topography
  • Turbulence
  • Wave Phenomena
  • Waves

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers