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Low-mode near-inertial wave generation

Journal of Physical Oceanography
Abstract Near-inertial currents can be generated by abrupt shifts in wind. Some of these currents project onto low-mode near-inertial waves (NIWs), which can travel thousands of kilometers. Here, a reduced-physics model (the Coupled ShallowWater model; CSW) is proposed with the goal of simulating global low-mode NIW generation and propagation.
Ian Stokes, Samuel Kelly, Andrew Lucas
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Near-Inertial Wave Propagation in the Western Arctic

Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2005
Abstract From October 1997 through October 1998, the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic (SHEBA) ice camp drifted across the western Arctic Ocean, from the central Canada Basin over the Northwind Ridge and across the Chukchi Cap. During much of this period, the velocity and shear fields in the upper ocean were monitored by Doppler sonar ...
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Near-inertial waves in the ocean: beyond the ‘traditional approximation’

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2005
The dynamics of linear internal waves in the ocean is analysed without adopting the ‘traditional approximation’, i.e. the horizontal component of the Earth's rotation is taken into account. It is shown that non-traditional effects profoundly change the dynamics of near-inertial waves in a vertically confined ocean.
Gerkema, Theo, Shrira, Victor I.
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On the interaction of small-scale oceanic internal waves with near-inertial waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1986
Ray theory is used to investigate the interaction of a short high-frequency progressive internal wave of infinitesimal amplitude with a long progressive near-inertial wave of arbitrary amplitude. Weak-interaction theory would, if applicable, predict that the largest changes in short-wave properties occur when the resonance condition c = c g
Broutman, D., Young, W. R.
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Coastal near-inertial wave bursts detected by OSCR

IGARSS'97. 1997 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development, 2002
Surface current observations from High Frequency (HF) radar have revealed that not only are the low-frequency and tidal currents well resolved by the measurement, higher frequency motions are also contained within the records such as near-inertial oscillations.
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The Structure of Near-Inertial Waves during Ocean Storms

Journal of Physical Oceanography, 1995
Abstract Current meter data from two sites were analyzed for near-inertial motions generated by storm during the ten-month period of the Ocean Storms Experiment in the northeast Pacific Ocean. The most striking feature of the inertial wave response to storms was the almost instantaneous generation of waves in the mixed layer, followed by a gradual ...
Hongbo Qi, Roland A. De Szoeke, Clayton A. Paulson, Charles C. Eriksen   +3 more
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Evolution of oceanic near-inertial waves induced by typhoon Sarika (2016) in the South China Sea

Dynamics of atmospheres and oceans (Print), 2022
Hailun He, A. Cao, Yuan Wang, Jinbao Song   +3 more
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Observations of Persistent Mixing and Near-Inertial Internal Waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography, 1986
Abstract Repeated profiles of microstructure and shear alongside a drogued buoy show a 10 m thick mixing zone at the same depth as a near-inertial feature. Because the profile was diffusively stable and free of thermohaline intrusions, internal wave breakdown is the only mechanism capable of producing mixing.
M. C. Gregg, E. A. D'Asaro, T. J. Shay, N. Larson   +3 more
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Storm-Forced Near-Inertial Waves on a Beta Plane

Journal of Physical Oceanography, 1995
Abstract The influence of the beta effect, that is, the variation of the Coriolis parameter with latitude on the energy flux from moving storms to the oceanic internal wave field is considered. Large-scale, fast-moving storms are emphasized, and the oceanic internal wave field is considered.
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Interactions between Near-Inertial Waves and Ocean Turbulence

When atmospheric storms sweep across the sea surface they excite near-inertial waves (NIWs) whose frequency sits close to the local Coriolis frequency. By generating shear-driven mixing in the upper ocean, NIWs mediate the storm–ocean coupling and, in turn, influence climate. Oceanographers have long known that the fate of wind-generated NIWs hinges on
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