Process Studies on the Generation of Near-Inertial Internal Gravity Waves by Wind

• Main Author: Voelker, Georg Sebastian
• Other Authors: Walter, Maren, Sutherland, Bruce R
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Bremen 2017
• Subjects: physical oceanography; simulation; hybrid slab model; fluid dynamics; 530; 530 Physics; ddc:530; Pollard; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/1269; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00106033-11

The generation of internal gravity waves in the ocean associated to wind stress forcing is studied with the aid of two numerical models. In a non-linear, axisymmetric and Boussinesq model the response to an idealized stationary wind stress pulse is investigated. The major generation mechanisms for i...