The Cape Cod Experiment on Near-Surface Internal Waves.

Two current meter data sets, including temperature records from the Cape Cod Experiment (CCE) in the slope water of New England, were analyzed in the internal gravity-wave range. Variations of the Brunt-Vaisala frequency could be determined from temperature spectra after the whole record was divided...

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Main Authors: Zenk,Walter, Briscoe,Melbourne G.
Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MASS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*OCEAN WAVES
*INTERNAL WAVES
TEMPERATURE
CONTINENTAL SHELVES
KINETIC ENERGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
FLOWMETERS
MOORING BUOYS
GRAVITY WAVES
NEW ENGLAND
Cape Cod
Brunt-Vaisala frequencies
Arlington
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA002333
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA002333
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Summary:Two current meter data sets, including temperature records from the Cape Cod Experiment (CCE) in the slope water of New England, were analyzed in the internal gravity-wave range. Variations of the Brunt-Vaisala frequency could be determined from temperature spectra after the whole record was divided into pieces. Together with an estimate for the mean vertical temperature gradient the partition of kinetic and potential energy was calculated. Scaled vertical kinetic energy spectra P sub WW from three different locations in the North Atlantic were compared. Sponsored in part by Johns Hopkins Univ., Silver Spring, Md. Applied Physics Lab., and Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va.

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