Abstract: detailed energy analysis of the barotropic and baroclinic M2 tides in the Monterey Bay area is performed. The authors first derive a theoretical framework for analyzing internal tide energetics based on the complete form ...

Abstract: A comparison of three common formulations for calculating the available potential energy (APE) in internal wave fields is presented. The formulations are the perturbation APE (APE1), the exact local APE (APE2), and its ...

Abstract: Ocean lee waves occur on length scales that are smaller than the grid scale of global circulation models (GCMs). Therefore, such models must parameterize the drag associated with launching lee waves. This paper compares ...

Abstract: AbstractThe generation of trapped and radiating internal tides around Izu?Oshima Island located off Sagami Bay, Japan, is investigated using the three-dimensional Stanford Unstructured Nonhydrostatic Terrain-following ...

Abstract: AbstractAn estuary is classified as unsteady when the salinity adjustment time is longer than the forcing time scale. Predicting salt content or salt intrusion length using scaling arguments based on a steady-state ...