The Lifecycle of Semidiurnal Internal Tides over the Northern Mid-Atlantic RidgeSource: Journal of Physical Oceanography:;2017:;volume 048:;issue 001::page 61Author:Vic, Clément
,
Naveira Garabato, Alberto C.
,
Green, J. A. Mattias
,
Spingys, Carl
,
Forryan, Alexander
,
Zhao, Zhongxiang
,
Sharples, Jonathan
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-17-0121.1Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThe life cycle of semidiurnal internal tides over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) sector south of the Azores is investigated using in situ, a high-resolution mooring and microstructure profiler, and satellite data, in combination with a theoretical model of barotropic-to-baroclinic tidal energy conversion. The mooring analysis reveals that the internal tide horizontal energy flux is dominated by mode 1 and that energy density is more distributed among modes 1?10. Most modes are compatible with an interpretation in terms of standing internal tides, suggesting that they result from interactions between waves generated over the MAR. Internal tide energy is thus concentrated above the ridge and is eventually available for local diapycnal mixing, as endorsed by the elevated rates of turbulent energy dissipation ε estimated from microstructure measurements. A spring?neap modulation of energy density on the MAR is found to originate from the remote generation and radiation of strong mode-1 internal tides from the Atlantis-Meteor Seamount Complex. Similar fortnightly variability of a factor of 2 is observed in ε, but this signal?s origin cannot be determined unambiguously. A regional tidal energy budget highlights the significance of high-mode generation, with 81% of the energy lost by the barotropic tide being converted into modes >1 and only 9% into mode 1. This has important implications for the fraction (q) of local dissipation to the total energy conversion, which is regionally estimated to be ~0.5. This result is in stark contrast with the Hawaiian Ridge system, where the radiation of mode-1 internal tides accounts for 30% of the regional energy conversion, and q < 0.25.
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contributor author | Vic, Clément | |
contributor author | Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. | |
contributor author | Green, J. A. Mattias | |
contributor author | Spingys, Carl | |
contributor author | Forryan, Alexander | |
contributor author | Zhao, Zhongxiang | |
contributor author | Sharples, Jonathan | |
date accessioned | 2019-09-19T10:02:27Z | |
date available | 2019-09-19T10:02:27Z | |
date copyright | 11/14/2017 12:00:00 AM | |
date issued | 2017 | |
identifier other | jpo-d-17-0121.1.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl1/handle/yetl/4260874 | |
description abstract | AbstractThe life cycle of semidiurnal internal tides over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) sector south of the Azores is investigated using in situ, a high-resolution mooring and microstructure profiler, and satellite data, in combination with a theoretical model of barotropic-to-baroclinic tidal energy conversion. The mooring analysis reveals that the internal tide horizontal energy flux is dominated by mode 1 and that energy density is more distributed among modes 1?10. Most modes are compatible with an interpretation in terms of standing internal tides, suggesting that they result from interactions between waves generated over the MAR. Internal tide energy is thus concentrated above the ridge and is eventually available for local diapycnal mixing, as endorsed by the elevated rates of turbulent energy dissipation ε estimated from microstructure measurements. A spring?neap modulation of energy density on the MAR is found to originate from the remote generation and radiation of strong mode-1 internal tides from the Atlantis-Meteor Seamount Complex. Similar fortnightly variability of a factor of 2 is observed in ε, but this signal?s origin cannot be determined unambiguously. A regional tidal energy budget highlights the significance of high-mode generation, with 81% of the energy lost by the barotropic tide being converted into modes >1 and only 9% into mode 1. This has important implications for the fraction (q) of local dissipation to the total energy conversion, which is regionally estimated to be ~0.5. This result is in stark contrast with the Hawaiian Ridge system, where the radiation of mode-1 internal tides accounts for 30% of the regional energy conversion, and q < 0.25. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | The Lifecycle of Semidiurnal Internal Tides over the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 48 | |
journal issue | 1 | |
journal title | Journal of Physical Oceanography | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/JPO-D-17-0121.1 | |
journal fristpage | 61 | |
journal lastpage | 80 | |
tree | Journal of Physical Oceanography:;2017:;volume 048:;issue 001 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |