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    The Cross-Slope Transport of Momentum by Internal Waves Generated by Alongslope Currents over Topography

    Source: Journal of Physical Oceanography:;1996:;Volume( 026 ):;issue: 002::page 191
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    Thorpe, S. A.
    DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0191:TCSTOM>2.0.CO;2
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society
    Abstract: The alongslope currents flowing over topography of sufficiently length scale, typically less than 10 km, on the continental slopes generate internal lee waves. These carry their momentum predominently toward shallower water, that is up the slope toward and across the shelf break, and onto the continental shelf, at least when, in summer, stratification permits their propagation. Analytical results show that even when the lee waves are generated with a component of their group velocity directed toward deeper water, reflection at the sloping seabed may lead to a turning toward shallower water. A numerical model is used to examine internal wave propagation and to quantify the flux of their momentum across the shelf break. In the conditions consiidered here with f/N?1 and slope angle, α a, near 5 deg, the flux is parameterized by a stress (momentum flux per unit vertical area along the shelf break) per unit length downslope,.τ*, given by τ* = k?0VNh2 cos4(? + ?0), where po is the mean water density, V is the mean alongslope flow over the slope,N is the buoyancy frequency in the vicinity of the shelf break, f is the Coriolis parameter, and h2? and, ? are the mean square amplitude of the topography of wavenumber l, such that VIIN ? 1, and its mean orientation relative to the upslope direction, respectively. The constant ? O is 7 ±2 deg, and the formula is only valid if ? <60 deg. A value of k of about 9 (±4) ? 10?6 m?2 suggested, with values new 1.3 ? 10 ?5 m ?2? when the topography is dominated by wavelengths less than 47πVIN, or 5 ? 10 ?6 m ?2? when they exceed 2OVIN. This flux represents a transfer of momentum to the shelf currents in a direction contrary to the current over the slope that generates the internal waves. The magnitude of the flux is usually dominated by conditions near the top of the continental slope. Timescales of about 5 days are associated with this transfer on 5 deg slopes with 10?m high topography when N≈10 ?2 s ?1
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    contributor authorThorpe, S. A.
    date accessioned2017-06-09T14:51:56Z
    date available2017-06-09T14:51:56Z
    date copyright1996/02/01
    date issued1996
    identifier issn0022-3670
    identifier otherams-28474.pdf
    identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4165594
    description abstractThe alongslope currents flowing over topography of sufficiently length scale, typically less than 10 km, on the continental slopes generate internal lee waves. These carry their momentum predominently toward shallower water, that is up the slope toward and across the shelf break, and onto the continental shelf, at least when, in summer, stratification permits their propagation. Analytical results show that even when the lee waves are generated with a component of their group velocity directed toward deeper water, reflection at the sloping seabed may lead to a turning toward shallower water. A numerical model is used to examine internal wave propagation and to quantify the flux of their momentum across the shelf break. In the conditions consiidered here with f/N?1 and slope angle, α a, near 5 deg, the flux is parameterized by a stress (momentum flux per unit vertical area along the shelf break) per unit length downslope,.τ*, given by τ* = k?0VNh2 cos4(? + ?0), where po is the mean water density, V is the mean alongslope flow over the slope,N is the buoyancy frequency in the vicinity of the shelf break, f is the Coriolis parameter, and h2? and, ? are the mean square amplitude of the topography of wavenumber l, such that VIIN ? 1, and its mean orientation relative to the upslope direction, respectively. The constant ? O is 7 ±2 deg, and the formula is only valid if ? <60 deg. A value of k of about 9 (±4) ? 10?6 m?2 suggested, with values new 1.3 ? 10 ?5 m ?2? when the topography is dominated by wavelengths less than 47πVIN, or 5 ? 10 ?6 m ?2? when they exceed 2OVIN. This flux represents a transfer of momentum to the shelf currents in a direction contrary to the current over the slope that generates the internal waves. The magnitude of the flux is usually dominated by conditions near the top of the continental slope. Timescales of about 5 days are associated with this transfer on 5 deg slopes with 10?m high topography when N≈10 ?2 s ?1
    publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
    titleThe Cross-Slope Transport of Momentum by Internal Waves Generated by Alongslope Currents over Topography
    typeJournal Paper
    journal volume26
    journal issue2
    journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
    identifier doi10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0191:TCSTOM>2.0.CO;2
    journal fristpage191
    journal lastpage204
    treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;1996:;Volume( 026 ):;issue: 002
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