Publication Date:
2020-08-04
Description:
The energy transfer by the wind to near-inertial internal waves is discussed using a theoretical model developed by Käse and TangJournal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 33, 2323–2328, (1976). The model transfer at the inertial frequency is View the MathML source, where F is the wind stress spectrum and Lj is an integral length scale defined by equation (6). It is shown that significant transfer rates of order 1 erg cm−2s−1 as observed for example by LeamanJournal of Physical Oceanography, 6, 894–908 (1976) could be generated by moderate winds in case of small vertical scales Lj, which are the consequence of a mixed layer above a sharp thermocline.
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Article
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PeerReviewed
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text
DOI:
10.1016/0198-0149(79)90078-5
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