THE GENERATION OF NONLINEAR INTERNAL WAVES

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Christopher R Jackson (Author) Other; Jose C B da Silva (Author) FCUP; Gus Jeans (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Oceanography

Vol. 25

Pages: 108-123

ISSN: 1042-8275

Publisher: Oceanography Society

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Earth and related Environmental sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-95Z

DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2012.46

Abstract (EN): Nonlinear internal waves are found in many parts of the world ocean. Their widespread distribution is a result of their origin in the barotropic tide and in the variety of ways they can be generated, including by lee waves, tidal beams, resonance, plumes, and the transformation of the internal tide. The differing generation mechanisms and diversity of generation locations and conditions all combine to produce waves that range in scale from a few tens of meters to kilometers, but with all properly described by solitary wave theory. The ability of oceanic nonlinear internal waves to persist for days after generation and the key role internal waves play in connecting large-scale tides to smaller-scale turbulence make them important for understanding the ocean environment.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 16