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Salat, J., Tintore, J., Font, J., Wang, D. and Vieira, M. (1992). Near-inertial motion on the shelf-slope front off northeast Spain. Journal of Geophysical Research 97: doi: 10.1029/92JC00588. issn: 0148-0227. |
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Near-inertial motion on the shelf-slope front off northeast Spain was monitored using surface drifters and moored current meters. On the shelf, strong inertial currents were generated by a wind burst. The inertial current amplitude was about 70 cm/s at the surface, 30 cm/s at the base of the mixed layer, and 10 cm/s in the interior. The observed near-inertial frequency on the shelf was about 10% lower than the local inertial frequency, suggesting that the near-inertial motion was embedded in region of strong anticyclonic shear. Also, the phase of near-inertial motion increased through the water column, indicating that the energy propagation was downward. By contrast, the surface inertial currents were only about 10 cm/s in the center of the shelf-slope front. Indirect evidence suggests that the observed small surface inertial currents were the result of rapid downward transfer of near-inertial energy in the front. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1992 |
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Keywords
Oceanography, Physical, Internal and inertial waves, Oceanography, General, Continental shelf processes, Oceanography, General, Descriptive and regional oceanography, Oceanography, Physical, Fronts and jets |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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