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| Xie, X. H.; Cuypers, Y.; Bouruet-aubertot, P.; Ferron, Bruno; Pichon, Annick; Lourenco, A.; Cortes, Norbert. |
| Microstructure and fine-scale measurements collected in the central Bay of Biscay during the MOUTON experiment are analyzed to investigate the dynamics of internal waves and associated mixing. Large-amplitude internal tides (ITs) that excite internal solitary waves (ISWs) in the thermocline are observed. ITs are dominated by modes 3 and 4, while ISWs projected on mode 1 that is trapped in the thermocline. Therein, ITs generate a persistent narrow shear band, which is strongly correlated with the enhanced dissipation rate in the thermocline. This strong dissipation rate is further reinforced in the presence of ISWs. Dissipation rates during the period without ISWs largely agree with the MacKinnon-Gregg scaling proposed for internal wavefields dominated by a... |
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Palavras-chave: Internal tides; Solitary waves; Turbulence; Bay of Biscay. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00151/26232/24299.pdf |
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| Xie, X. H.; Cuypers, Y.; Bouruet-aubertot, P.; Pichon, A.; Lourenco, A.; Ferron, Bruno. |
| High-frequency mooring data were collected near the northern shelf edge of the Bay of Biscay to investigate the generation and propagation of internal tides and internal solitary waves (ISWs). During spring tide, strong nonlinear internal tides and large amplitude ISWs are observed every semidiurnal tidal period. While onshore propagation was expected since the mooring is located shoreward of the maximum internal tidal generation location, both onshore and seaward traveling internal tides are identified. Within a tidal period at spring tide, three ISW packets are observed. Like internal tides, different ISW packets have opposite (seaward and shoreward) propagating direction. Based on realistic hydrostatic HYCOM simulations, it is suggested that advection... |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00281/39237/37797.pdf |
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