A two-dimensional vorticity model of internal tides generated on the continental shelf/slope

Jiang Ming-shun; Fang Xin-hua

doi:10.1007/BF02850387

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A two-dimensional vorticity model of internal tides generated on the continental shelf/slope

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- A two-dimensional vorticity model of internal tides generated on the continental shelf/slope
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 14, Issue 3, Pages: 250-260(1996)
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- DOI：10.1007/BF02850387
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Ming-shun, J., Xin-hua, F. A two-dimensional vorticity model of internal tides generated on the continental shelf/slope., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 14, 250–260 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02850387
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Ming-shun, J., Xin-hua, F. A two-dimensional vorticity model of internal tides generated on the continental shelf/slope., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 14, 250–260 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02850387 DOI：

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A two-dimensional spectral-difference model (with vorticity and density equations) of internal tides is developed for studying the generation and propagation of internal tides generated at the continental shelf/slope. In general

internal tides propagate seaward in deep sea regions and shoreward on the shelf

and are dissipated rapidly. When the Väisälä frequency decreases vertically

waves may be mostly limited to the continental slope region. In deep sea region

motions may have either beam-like structure or modal structure

depending on the stratification strength and structure

whereas a modal structure may always exist on the shelf. Waves show strong bottom intensification on the slope when strong stratification exists on the bottom. The barotropic tidal advection may affect the temporal character of internal tides at the continental slope

shelf break and shelf regions

but may have little influence on the energy density and energy flux of internal tides. In the case of strong stratification

waveforms of internal tides on the continental slope

shelf break and shelf may be deformed by the barotropic tidal advection

and sometimes intermittency appears. Waves depend considerably on the relative slope δ=α/C (where α denotes topography slope andC is the characteristic slope) and the e-fold scaleb of the Väisälä frequency. As in Craig (1987a)

the deep sea energy fluxF 1 and on-shelf fluxF 2 also vary exponentially

but our exponents are different from his in the subcritical case

and may have complicated dependence on δ in the supercritical case. For subcritical topography

F 2 increases linearly withb butF 1 remains nearly constant. For supercritical topography

F 1 increases linearly withb andF 2 varies complicatedly. For special values ofb

waves may have strong bottom intensification because of the self-closing of ray on the bottom of the slope. There is qualitative agreement between model results and field data on the East China Sea.

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