Abstract
A series of collaborations between U.S. and Australian funded
projects resulted in the deployment of 30 moorings at 23 different
sites between November 2011 and August 2012 along
the Northwest Australian Shelf (NWS), a region of strong internal
tide oscillations. The measurement program peaked during
April 2012.
A time-augmented empirical orthogonal function (EOF) technique
was developed and implemented that allowed the correlated
variability, structure, and phasing of semidiurnal internal
tide packets to be evaluated at multiple mooring sites. This
technique allows the EOF analysis to preserve the non-linear
character of the internal wave packets without requiring a large
number of EOF modes.
In three different examples from the NWS, between 45% and
65% of the variance of complex internal tide dominated temperature
structures were explained using only two EOF modes.
Using only the first mode of the EOFs our analysis also identified
a propagation blocking effect that was found to be associated
with the mesoscale coastal circulation and the wind.
projects resulted in the deployment of 30 moorings at 23 different
sites between November 2011 and August 2012 along
the Northwest Australian Shelf (NWS), a region of strong internal
tide oscillations. The measurement program peaked during
April 2012.
A time-augmented empirical orthogonal function (EOF) technique
was developed and implemented that allowed the correlated
variability, structure, and phasing of semidiurnal internal
tide packets to be evaluated at multiple mooring sites. This
technique allows the EOF analysis to preserve the non-linear
character of the internal wave packets without requiring a large
number of EOF modes.
In three different examples from the NWS, between 45% and
65% of the variance of complex internal tide dominated temperature
structures were explained using only two EOF modes.
Using only the first mode of the EOFs our analysis also identified
a propagation blocking effect that was found to be associated
with the mesoscale coastal circulation and the wind.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference |
| Editors | Greg Ivey, Nicole Jones, Tongming Zhou |
| Publisher | Australian Fluid Mechanics Society |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781740523776 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Event | 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference - University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Duration: 5 Dec 2016 → 8 Dec 2016 Conference number: 20 http://www.afms.org.au/20AFMC/ |
Conference
| Conference | 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference |
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| Abbreviated title | AFMC |
| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Perth |
| Period | 5/12/16 → 8/12/16 |
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