The cascade of tidal energy from low to high modes on a continental slope

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1217-1232

  Kelly, Samuel M ^a,c   Nash, Jonathan D ^a   Martini, Kim I ^b   Alford, Matthew H ^b   Kunze, Eric ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental shelf slope; Diapycnal mixing; Internal waves; Tides; Topographic effects

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; ENERGY FLUXES; HIGH MODES; IN-SITU; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVES; LINEAR TRANSFER; LOW-TO-HIGH; MESOSCALE; SMALL SCALE; STUDY SITES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TIDAL DYNAMICS; TIDAL ENERGY; TIME-SCALES; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VERTICAL MODES;

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; TIDES;

TIDAL POWER;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ENERGY BALANCE; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERNAL WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIDAL POWER;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868131346     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0231.1     Document Type: Article

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