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Müller et al. 1978
Müller, P., Olbers, D.J. and Willebrand, J. (1978). The Iwex spectrum. Journal of Geophysical Research 83: doi: 10.1029/JC083iC01p00479. issn: 0148-0227.

We describe the analysis of current and temperature cross spectra from the trimoored internal wave experimental Iwex and present a spectral model for the fluctuations in the internal wave range. The model consists of internal waves contaminated by temperature and current fine structure and by current noise. Except for the inertial and tidal frequencies the distribution of wave energy is vertically symmetric and horizontally isotopic. The wave number spectrum is characterized by a bandwidth of about 20--10 equivalent modes (decreasing with frequency), by a power law at high wave numbers, and by a sharp peak at low wave numbers. The general features of this spectrum agree fairly well with the one proposed by Garrett and Munk (1975). The contaminations increase with frequency. Contamination by temperature fine structure is confirmed by independent measurements. The Iwex spectral model provides a consistent description of all observed cross spectra.

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