Note on the redistribution and dissipation of tidal energy over mid-ocean ridges
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Liang, Xinfeng
Wunsch, Carl
Date Issued
August 2015
Journal
Tellus A
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Co-Action Publishing
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Liang, Xinfeng, and Carl Wunsch. “Note on the Redistribution and Dissipation of Tidal Energy over Mid-Ocean Ridges.” Tellus A 67, no. 0 (August 13, 2015).
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Abstract
The redistribution and dissipation of internal wave energy arising from the conversion at mid-ocean ridges of the barotropic tide is studied in a set of numerical experiments. A two-dimensional non-hydrostatic model with 100 m horizontal and 10–25 m vertical resolution is used to represent the detailed processes near an idealised ridge. Conventional internal wave beams at the tidal frequency, [superscript ѡ]M[subscript 2], appear. At the ridge crest, strong tidal energy dissipation occurs that both mixes the fluid and generates strong near-inertial oscillations radiating in near-horizontal beams. Resonant triad interaction between the tidal and inertial motions in turn produces beams at ([superscript ѡ]M[subscript 2] - f) and with high shear, thus effectively mixing fluid at considerable heights above the ridge crest.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.27385
