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  • 1970-1974  (3)
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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Ocean dynamics 24 (1971), S. 193-209 
    ISSN: 1616-7228
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary First, a general solution of the linearized equations of motion on the non-rotating globe is given for velocity, pressure and density, by means of which it is possible to describe the field of motion which is generated by an arbitrary air pressure disturbanceP 0 (x, t) in an exponentially stratified sea with plane bottom, if the spectrum of frequency and wavenumber of the disturbance is known. Then, air pressure fields occurring periodically with regard to time, are dealt with and it is shown that, with a continuous wavenumber spectrum, free internal waves are generated, the vertical velocity maximum of which are in the inner part of the ocean, whereas, when generated by a discrete wavenumber spectrum, mere forced internal waves occur, having the phase velocity of the disturbance. Therefore, it is possible that also waves might be generated, the maximum amplitudes of which are near the surface. If the phase velocity of the generating power is equal to the phase velocity of a possible free wave (case of resonance) they are in the inner part of the fluid, as for free internal waves the surface in the 1st approximation is to be considered as rigid. With a view to laboratory tests, it is finally shown that, theoretically, in rectangular narrow basins not only internal eigen-oscillations are possible but also, with appropriate generating frequencies, oscillations that are limited to characteristic stripes. This explains the variations of the surface of the water in the area of generation which were observed during the experiment. The results can, above all, be applied when making and interpreting laboratory tests with internal waves.
    Abstract: Résumé On commence par donner une solution générale des équations linéarisées pour la vitesse, pression et densité sur la terre non en rotation. Il devient alors possible de décrire le champ de mouvement provoqué par une perturbation quelconque de la pression atmosphériqueP 0 (x, t) dans une mer stratifiée exponentiellement, à fond plat, si l'on connaît le spectre de fréquence et du nombre d'ondes de cette perturbation. On considère alors spécialement des champs de pression atmosphérique périodiques en fonction du temps et on montre que pour un spectre de nombre d'ondes continu il se produit des ondes internes libres dont les maxima de vitesse verticale se trouvent à l'intérieur de la mer tandis que si ce spectre est discontinu il se forme simplement des ondes internes qui ont la vitesse de phase de la perturbation. Il est donc possible de provoquer des ondes dont les amplitudes maximales se trouvent au voisinage de la surface. Si la vitesse de phase de la force perturbante égale la vitesse de phase d'une onde libre éventuelle (cas de résonance), les ondes se trouvent à l'intérieur du liquide puisque pour des ondes internes libres on peut, en première approximation, considérer que la surface est ridige. On montre, pour finir, que d'après des expériences en laboratoire, dans un bassin rectangulaire étroit, il peut se produire théoriquement, non seulement des systèmes d'ondes internes propres, mais encore, en cas de fréquence de perturbation adéquate, des systèmes d'ondes limités à des bandes caractérisées. On trouve ainsi une explication des oscillations de la surface de l'eau observées au cours des expériences dans le domaine de la perturbation. Les résultats peuvent avoir leur utilité en particulier pour l'exécution et l'interprétation d'expériences de laboratoire avec des ondes internes.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Es wird zunächst eine allgemeine Lösung der linearisierten Bewegungsgleichungen auf der nichtrotierenden Erde für Geschwindigkeit, Druck und Dichte angegeben, anhand derer es möglich ist, das Bewegungsfeld, das durch eine beliebige LuftdruckstörungP 0 (x, t) in einem exponentiell geschichteten Meer mit ebenem Boden hervorgerufen wird, zu beschreiben, wenn das Frequenz- und Wellenzahlspektrum der Störung bekannt ist. Danach wird speziell auf zeitlich periodische Luftdruckfelder eingegangen und gezeigt, daß bei kontinuierlichem Wellenzahlspektrum freie interne Wellen angeregt werden, deren Vertikalgeschwindigkeitsmaxima im Inneren des Meeres liegen, während bei Anregung mit diskretem Störung besitzen. Deshalb ist es möglich, daß auch Wellen angeregt werden, deren maximale Amplituden in Oberflächennähe liegen. Ist die Phasengeschwindigkeit der anregenden Kraft gleich der Phasengeschwindigkeit einer möglichen freien Welle (Resonanzfall), so liegen sie im Inneren der Flüssigkeit, da für freie interne Wellen die Oberfläche in 1. Näherung als starr anzusehen ist. Im Hinblick auf Laborversuche wird zum Abschluß gezeigt, daß in rechteckigen schmalen Becken theoretisch nicht nur interne Eigenschwingungen sondern bei geeigneten Erregerfrequenzen auch Schwingungen, die auf charakteristische Streifen beschränkt bleiben, möglich sind. Dabei ergibt sich eine Erklärung für die im Experiment beobachteten Schwankungen der Wasseroberfläche im Anregungsbereich. Die Ergebnisse können insbesondere bei der Durchführung und Interpretation von Laborversuchen mit internen Wellen Anwendung finden.
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  • 2
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    GeoJournal 11 (1985), S. 284-286 
    ISSN: 1572-9893
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geography
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
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  • 3
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    AGU (American Geophysical Union)
    In:  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 91 (C8). pp. 9739-9748.
    Publication Date: 2019-04-04
    Description: Shipboard hydrographic measurements and moored current meters are used to infer both the large-scale and mesoscale water mass distribution and features of the general circulation in the Canary Basin. We found a convoluted current system dominated by the time-dependent meandering of the eastward flowing Azores Current and the formation of mesoscale eddies. At middepths, several distinctly different water masses are identified: Subpolar Mode and Labrador Sea Water are centered in the northwest, Subantarctic Intermediate Water is centered in the southeast, and the saltier, warmer Mediterranean tongue lies between them. Mesoscale structures of these water masses suggest the presence of middepth meanders and detached eddies which may be caused by fluctuations of the Azores Current.
    Type: Article , PeerReviewed
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    AMS (American Meteorological Society)
    In:  Journal of Physical Oceanography, 17 (1). pp. 158-163.
    Publication Date: 2020-08-04
    Description: The existence of energetic anticyclonic mid-depth vortices of Mediterranean Water (meddies) questions the validity of a conventional advective–diffusive balance in the eastern Atlantic subtropical gyre. A mesoscale experiment in the Azores–Madeira region reveals a link of these meddies to large-scale subsurface meanders. For the first time it is shown that meddies may have strong surface vorticity, indicative of a generation process involving the Azores Current—a deep reaching near-surface jet.
    Type: Article , PeerReviewed
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  • 5
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    Elsevier
    In:  Progress in Oceanography, 14 . pp. 231-257.
    Publication Date: 2016-05-10
    Description: Hydrographic data from two cruises in the Canary Basin (Meteor 57, July 1981; Poseidon 86, April 1982) are analysed with respect to current distribution and lateral heat flux in the Azores-Madeira region. The first part of the data base consists of long transects of XBT and G.E.K. measurements between Cape Finisterre (North West Spain) and the northern Canary Basin, where several year-long current meter records exist. Further information is obtained by thermosalinograph surface data and by expendable current profilers (XCP). Geostrophic currents are derived from XBT profiles, using the tight temperature-salinity relationship in the depth range of the Warmwassersphäre. The results compare well with the G.E.K. and XCP current observations. The second part consists of CTD data from an eddy resolving, box-shaped CTD survey (500 × 500 km2) centered at the mooring location (33°N, 22°W), The observations are supplemented by satellite-buoy trajectories. Horizontal parameter distribution is shown in terms of objectively contoured maps. Bands of spatially enhanced energetic structures, seen in the long transects are further resolved by the box survey as a deep jet-like current system cross the Canary Basin in a west-east direction. Associated with this Azores Current is a frontal zone with near-surface temperature and salinity steps of order 2 K and 0.3 practical salinity units. The dynamic topography field can be decomposed into a linear background field, a Rossby wave and a mesoscale eddy field. We find that major contributions to the meridional eddy heat flux are confined to the vicinity of the Azores current frontal zone. It is shown that the principal balance in the temperature equation is between heating by the mean horizontal advection terms and cooling by the eddy flux divergence.
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 2015-02-04
    Description: Zeitplan: 9. Juni 1989 Auslaufen Porto, 26. Juni Einlaufen Kiel
    Type: Report , NonPeerReviewed
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  • 7
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    In:  (Diploma thesis), Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 30 pp
    Publication Date: 2019-04-05
    Type: Thesis , NonPeerReviewed
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  • 8
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    In:  (PhD/ Doctoral thesis), Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 84 pp
    Publication Date: 2018-01-10
    Type: Thesis , NonPeerReviewed
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