THE GENERATION OF NONLINEAR INTERNAL WAVES

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2012

Autores

Christopher R Jackson (Autor) Outra; Jose C B da Silva (Autor) FCUP; Gus Jeans (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Oceanography

Vol. 25

Páginas: 108-123

ISSN: 1042-8275

Editora: Oceanography Society

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 118 Citações

Scopus - 125 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências exactas e naturais > Ciências da terra e ciências do ambiente

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: 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.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 16