Abstract: The wind generation of near-inertial waves is revisited through use of the Pollard–Rhines–Thompson theory, the Price–Weller–Pinkel (PWP) mixed layer model, and KPP simulations of resonant forcing by Crawford and Large. An ...

Abstract: Global estimates are presented of the fraction q of wind-generated near-inertial wave power available for local turbulent dissipation under the assumption that modes 1–3 propagate “far” and the higher modes remain to ...

Abstract: Internal waves advect vertical structure past Eulerian (fixed depth) sensors, leading to ?fine-structure contamination,? wherein the intrinsic frequency spectrum is Doppler shifted by the advective motions. Shear, velocity, ...

Abstract: The energy flux from the wind to inertial mixed layer motions is computed for all oceans from 50°S to 50°N for the years 1996?99. The wind stress, τ, is computed from 6-h, 2.5°-resolution NCEP?NCAR global reanalysis surface ...

Abstract: Throughout much of the ocean interior, the diapycnal buoyancy flux is maintained by both mechanical and double-diffusive processes. Assessing the relative roles of each is a challenge, particularly in complex coastal ...

Abstract: The relative strength and spatiotemporal structure of near-inertial waves (NIW) and internal tides (IT) are examined in the context of recent moored observations made 19 km south of Mendocino Escarpment, an abrupt ridge/step ...

Abstract: Extending an earlier attempt to understand long-range propagation of the global internal-wave field, the energy E and horizontal energy flux F are computed for the two gravest baroclinic modes at 80 historical moorings ...

Abstract: bservations are reported of the semidiurnal (M2) internal tide across Kaena Ridge, Hawaii. Horizontal velocity in the upper 1000?1500 m was measured during eleven ~240-km-long shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler ...

Abstract: Temporal and spatial patterns of near-inertial kinetic energy (KEmoor) are investigated in a database of 2480 globally distributed, moored current-meter records (deployed on 690 separate moorings) and compared with the ...

Abstract: New estimates of mode-1 M2 internal tide energy flux are computed from an extended Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX)/Poseidon (T/P) altimeter dataset that includes both the original and tandem tracks, improving spatial ...