| contributor author | Ramp, S. R. | |
| contributor author | Beardsley, R. C. | |
| contributor author | Legeckis, R. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:46:35Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T14:46:35Z | |
| date copyright | 1983/05/01 | |
| date issued | 1983 | |
| identifier issn | 0022-3670 | |
| identifier other | ams-26512.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4163415 | |
| description abstract | Small-scale waves have been observed near 40°N, 68°30?W in specially enhanced satellite imagery of a strong temperature front formed in May 1979, between the shelf/slope-water front and warm core ring 79-B. Thew frontal waves had a wavelength of 23±4 km, an eastward propagation speed of 32 ± 4 km day?1, and a growth rate (e-folding time) of 17.5 h (12?19 h). These satellite data plus current-velocity and hydro-graphical data gathered from the Nantucket Shoals Flux Experiment (NSFE79) allow comparison of the observed growth rate with theoretical predictions based on the assumption of a Margules front and the instability model of Orlanski (1968). This comparison suggests that the observed frontal waves were due primarily to horizontal-shear instability and derived their energy from the mean flow structure across the front in the presence of ring 79-B. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | An Observation of Frontal Wave Development on a Shelf-Slope/Warm Core Ring Front Near the Shelf Break South of New England | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 13 | |
| journal issue | 5 | |
| journal title | Journal of Physical Oceanography | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0485(1983)013<0907:AOOFWD>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 907 | |
| journal lastpage | 912 | |
| tree | Journal of Physical Oceanography:;1983:;Volume( 013 ):;issue: 005 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |
