Observations and modeling of the internal tide in a submarine canyon
By:  Emil T. Petruncio
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Description: Shipboard ADCP and CTD measurements were conducted in Monterey Submarine      Canyon in April and October 1994 to determine the propagation characteristics and energy      levels of the semidiurnal internal tide. The measurements reveal a bottom intensified internal      tide propagating energy up canyon. The region of strongest motion is in a beam 150-200 m      thick, centered approximately 150 m above the Canyon floor. Along canyon baroclinic M2      currents are typically 15-20 cm/s, an order of magnitude larger than the estimated      barotropic tidal currents. In April 1994, the internal tidal beam is well described by a      progressive wave, while in October 1994, the signal is standing along and perpendicular to      the beam. The Princeton Ocean Model was used to study the generation and propagation of      semidiurnal internal tides in submarine canyons and to investigate their sensitivity to canyon      shape.
Notes: Dissertation supervisor(s): Jeffrey D. Paduan, Leslie K. Rosenfeld.

"September 1996."

Dissertation (Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1996.

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