Nonlinear Internal Waves - A Wave-Tracking Experiment to Assess Nonlinear Internal Wave Generation, Structure, Evolution and Dissipation Over the NJ shelf

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. 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 and have now successfully applied these types of observations to a study of waves over the New Jersey shelf. The long-term goal of this program is to understand the physics of small-scale oceanic processes including internal waves, hydraulics, turbulence and microstructure that act to perturb the circulation in coastal oceans and, in doing so, affect the propagation of sound and light. Ongoing studies within the Ocean Mixing Group at OSU emphasize observations, a continual program of sensor and instrumentation development, and interaction with turbulence modelers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA612200

Entities

People

  • James N. Moum

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Continental Shelves
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Dissipation
  • Energy
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Internal Waves
  • Measurement
  • New Jersey
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shallow Water
  • Solitons
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography