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| Danioux, Eric; Vanneste, J.; Klein, Patrice; Sasaki, H.. |
| The spontaneous generation of inertia-gravity waves (IGWs) by surface-intensified, nearly balanced motion is examined using a high-resolution simulation of the primitive equations in an idealized oceanic configuration. At large scale and mesoscale, the dynamics, which is driven by baroclinic instability near the surface, is balanced and qualitatively well described by the surface quasi-geostrophic model. This however predicts an increase of the Rossby number with decreasing spatial scales and, hence, a breakdown of balance at small scale; the generation of IGWs is a consequence of this breakdown. The wave field is analysed away from the surface, at depths where the associated vertical velocities are of the same order as those associated with the balanced... |
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Palavras-chave: Internal waves; Quasi-geostrophic flows; Wave-turbulence interactions. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00083/19437/17389.pdf |
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| Klein, Patrice; Isern-fontanet, Jordi; Lapeyre, Guillaume; Roullet, G.; Danioux, Eric; Chapron, Bertrand; Le Gentil, Sylvie; Sasaki, H.. |
| A surface Quasi-Geostrophy based (eSQG) method to diagnose the vertical velocity field from Sea Surface Height (SSH) is assessed using high resolution simulations. These simulations concern a turbulent eddy field with large Rossby numbers and energetic wind-driven motions. Results indicate that low-frequency vertical velocities (and also horizontal motions) can be reconstructed within a range of scales between 20 km and 400 km from the surface down to 500 m. The only information needed is a single high-resolution SSH snapshot and information on the large-scale vertical stratification. Inertial motions are naturally filtered because they do not contaminate SSH as we demonstrate. These results are encouraging and further strengthen previous studies using the... |
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| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/11094/7418.pdf |
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