Role of Tidal Forcing in Determining the Internal Wave Spectrum in the Littoral Ocean

Abstract

The long-range goals of this project are to understand the environmental factors that define the level of internal wave activity in the littoral oceans and to develop re-locatable models capable of predicting these levels. The hypothesis is that energy due to internal tides generated through interactions with complex coastal topography is both predictable, using high-resolution primitive equation numerical models, and responsible for setting energy levels of the broader-frequency internal wave spectrum.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA628943

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey D. Paduan
  • Leslie K. Rosenfeld

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Coastal Regions
  • Energy
  • Energy Levels
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Internal Waves
  • Oceanography
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Radar
  • Remote Sensing
  • Sea Level
  • Spectra
  • Submarine Canyons
  • Tidal Currents
  • Topography
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers