Near-Inertial Internal Wave Field in the Canada Basin from Ice-Tethered Profilers

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作者
Dosser, Hayley V. [1 ]
Rainville, Luc [1 ]
Toole, John M. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Washington, Appl Phys Lab, Seattle, WA 98105 USA
[2] Woods Hole Oceanog Inst, Dept Phys Oceanog, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
Circulation/; Dynamics; Internal waves; Geographic location/entity; Profilers; oceanic; Observational techniques and algorithms; Inertia-gravity waves; Arctic; ARCTIC-OCEAN; WIND; MOTIONS; PROPAGATION;
D O I
10.1175/JPO-D-13-0117.1
中图分类号
P7 [海洋学];
学科分类号
0707 ;
摘要
Salinity and temperature profiles from drifting ice-tethered profilers in the Beaufort gyre region of the Canada Basin are used to characterize and quantify the regional near-inertial internal wave field over one year. Vertical displacements of potential density surfaces from the surface to 750-m depth are tracked from fall 2006 to fall 2007. Because of the time resolution and irregular sampling of the ice-tethered profilers, near-inertial frequency signals are marginally resolved. Complex demodulation is used to determine variations with a time scale of several days in the amplitude and phase of waves at a specified near-inertial frequency. Characteristics and variability of the wave field over the course of the year are investigated quantitatively and related to changes in surface wind forcing and sea ice cover.
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页码:413 / 426
页数:14
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