Abstract
The dynamics of baroclinic tides in the US shelf zone in the New York Bight is studied using observational field data obtained in the course of the joint Russian-American wave experiment JUSREX-92, which was performed during cruise 7 of R/V Akademik loffe, and also by mathematical modeling techniques. All stages of the evolution of wave motions in the shelf zone are experimentally and theoretically studied; these are the generation of a long progressive baroclinic tidal wave in a region over the continental slope, changes in its characteristics during motion over the shelf, the formation of an internal wave packet against its background, the evolution of the packet in time and space, and the separation of solitary waves from the packet. Experimentally recorded solitary internal waves are compared with a theoretical soliton. It is shown that there is good qualitative and quantitative agreement between the field data and results of mathematical simulation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 651-663 |
| Number of pages | 0 |
| Journal | Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 1997 |