Are Any Coastal Internal Tides Predictable?
Surface tides are the heartbeat of the ocean. Because they are controlled by Earth's motion relative to other astronomical objects in our solar system, surface tides act like clockwork and generate highly deterministic ebb and flow familiar to all mariners. In contrast, baroclinic motions at ti...
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| author | Jonathan D. Nash Emily L. Shroyer Samuel M. Kelly Mark E. Inall Timothy F. Duda Murray D. Levine Nicole L. Jones Ruth C. Musgrave |
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| description | Surface tides are the heartbeat of the ocean. Because they are controlled by Earth's motion relative to other astronomical objects in our solar system, surface tides act like clockwork and generate highly deterministic ebb and flow familiar to all mariners. In contrast, baroclinic motions at tidal frequencies are much more stochastic, owing to complexities in how these internal motions are generated and propagate. Here, we present analysis of current records from continental margins worldwide to illustrate that coastal internal tides are largely unpredictable. This conclusion has numerous implications for coastal processes, as across-shelf exchange and vertical mixing are, in many cases, strongly influenced by the internal wave field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-37a21548864a4692815af79902b9d8802022-12-22T00:13:35ZengThe Oceanography SocietyOceanography1042-82752012-06-012528095Are Any Coastal Internal Tides Predictable?Jonathan D. NashEmily L. ShroyerSamuel M. KellyMark E. InallTimothy F. DudaMurray D. LevineNicole L. JonesRuth C. MusgraveSurface tides are the heartbeat of the ocean. Because they are controlled by Earth's motion relative to other astronomical objects in our solar system, surface tides act like clockwork and generate highly deterministic ebb and flow familiar to all mariners. In contrast, baroclinic motions at tidal frequencies are much more stochastic, owing to complexities in how these internal motions are generated and propagate. Here, we present analysis of current records from continental margins worldwide to illustrate that coastal internal tides are largely unpredictable. This conclusion has numerous implications for coastal processes, as across-shelf exchange and vertical mixing are, in many cases, strongly influenced by the internal wave field.http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/25-2_nash.pdfinternal tidessurface tidesinternal wave field |
| spellingShingle | Jonathan D. Nash Emily L. Shroyer Samuel M. Kelly Mark E. Inall Timothy F. Duda Murray D. Levine Nicole L. Jones Ruth C. Musgrave Are Any Coastal Internal Tides Predictable? Oceanography internal tides surface tides internal wave field |
| title | Are Any Coastal Internal Tides Predictable? |
| title_full | Are Any Coastal Internal Tides Predictable? |
| title_fullStr | Are Any Coastal Internal Tides Predictable? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are Any Coastal Internal Tides Predictable? |
| title_short | Are Any Coastal Internal Tides Predictable? |
| title_sort | are any coastal internal tides predictable |
| topic | internal tides surface tides internal wave field |
| url | http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/25-2_nash.pdf |
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