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Abstract A two‐dimensional, hydrostatic numerical model of the tides in Knight Inlet is compared with observations of velocity and density obtained from three cyclesonde moorings. The observations from a fourth cyclesonde mooring were used to provide boundary data at the open end of the model. The time period in the fjord that the model simulates was a period of high, freshwater runoff, so that the fjord had a distinct, surface layer. The use of high, vertical resolution was avoided by attaching a homogeneous, fresh, surface layer to the top of the model. The density equation was linearized about a mean, fixed density field, and the mixing of density was not allowed. The model reproduces the semidiurnal (M2, S2 and N2) and diurnal (K1 and O1) velocity and density signals in the inlet. The shallow‐water constituents (M4 and MK3) are reproduced even though the density equation has been linearized. The fortnightly constituent (MSf) is poorly simulated. When the advection terms in the momentum equation are set to zero, the basic features of the semidiurnal and diurnal constituents are still reproduced, but the shallow‐water constituents are poorly simulated. The energy flux along the inlet of the M2 internal tide is insensitive to the advective terms in the momentum equation. The total rate of dissipation of M2 energy is similar to the energy flux in the M2 internal tide near the sill, which implies that, according to the model, most of the energy removed from the barotropic tide is fed into the internal tide. The majority of the energy in the M2 internal tide is dissipated close to the sill of the inlet, but enough of the energy makes its way to the head of the inlet to reflect and set up a recognizable standing wave pattern. 相似文献
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K.F. Drinkwater 《大气与海洋》2013,51(2):252-266
Abstract The vertical structures of the mean and tidal flows in Hudson Strait are described from moored current‐meter data collected during an 8‐week period in August to October of 1982. The residual flow in the strongly stratified waters off Quebec is directed along the Strait to the southeast, is highly baroclinic and is concentrated near shore (within an offshore length scale of approximately an internal Rossby radius). Maximum mean speeds of 0.3 m s?1 were observed near‐surface (30 m). In the weakly stratified waters on the northern side of the Strait along Baffin Island the mean flow is northwestward. The maximum speeds are 0.1 m s?1 near‐surface (30 m) and the current amplitudes decrease to 0.05 m s?1 at 100 m. The mean southeastward transport is estimated to be 0.93 ±0.23 × 106 m3 s?1 with a northwestward transport of 0.82 ± 0.24 × 106 m3 s?1. Over most of the Strait the across‐channel residual currents are directed towards the Quebec shore with velocities ranging from 0.02 to 0.1 ms?1. Current variability is dominated by the tides, the M2 being the major tidal constituent. In the vicinity of the mooring the M2 tide is primarily barotropic, progressive in nature, and has along‐channel current amplitudes varying across the Strait from 0.20 to 0.45 m s?1. Observed differences in tidal sea‐level elevations across the Strait can be accounted for by the cross‐channel variations characteristic of Kelvin waves. 相似文献
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Howard J. Freeland 《大气与海洋》2013,51(2):144-150
Abstract A reanalysis of 4 current‐meter records taken from Knight Inlet, B.C., is presented. The data indicate that the internal tide in Knight Inlet at M2 frequency undergoes a substantial reflection near a sharp bend in the channel. This result conflicts directly with a result obtained recently by Blackford and presented in this issue. 相似文献
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Abstract A powerful storm passed over the coastal waters of eastern Canada on the 21 and 22 January 2000 causing significant damage to coastal infrastructure. The storm generated a large (>1.4 m) storm surge in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence that unfortunately coincided with a high spring tide. This resulted in record high water levels in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (e.g., the highest level at Charlottetown since records began in 1911) and severe flooding around Prince Edward Island and along the eastern shore of New Brunswick. During January 2000, a recently developed storm surge forecast system was running in pre‐operational mode at Dalhousie University. The core of the forecast system is a depth‐averaged, non‐linear, barotropic ocean model driven by forecast winds and air pressures produced by the Canadian Meteorological Centre's regional atmospheric forecast model. In this study we assess the forecast skill of the surge model for the 21 January storm by comparing its 24‐hour forecasts with two independent hourly dataseis: (i) sea levels recorded by 12 tide gauges located in eastern Canada and the north‐eastern United States, and (ii) depth‐mean currents recorded by an acoustic Doppler current profiler deployed on the outer Scotian Shelf. Overall, the forecasts of coastal sea level and depth‐mean currents are reasonable and have forecast errors below about 0.1 m and 0.1 m s?1 respectively. 相似文献
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Abstract The eddy flux of a conservative scalar in a time‐dependent rotary velocity field may have a component that is normal to the scalar gradient. This component is the “skew flux”, which consists of the scalar transport by the Stokes velocity and a part that is always non‐divergent (and hence does not affect scalar evolution). Since tidal velocity fields usually have rotary features, tidal‐band eddy scalar fluxes may include a skew component that can be useful in indicating the occurrence of non‐linear current interactions. The skew temperature flux associated with the semidiurnal tide in a continental shelf region is demonstrated using simple models, and moored current and temperature observations from Georges Bank. The observed fluxes on the Bank are largely directed along isobaths, with apparent contributions from the topographic rectification of the barotropic tidal current over the Bank's side and from the rotary tidal ellipses in a frontal region. Simple models indicate that the weaker cross‐isobath fluxes can arise through the influence of frictionally induced vertical structure on topographic tidal rectification, a baroclinic tidal current interaction, or the interaction of baroclinic and barotropic tidal currents. In some cases, the simple models show qualitative agreement with the observed fluxes and currents but, in general, more realistic models and better estimates of the background mean temperature field are required to obtain quantitative estimates of the relative importance of these interactions and other processes. Nevertheless, the observations and models suggest that non‐linear interactions involving both barotropic and baroclinic tidal currents are occurring on Georges Bank. 相似文献
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Abstract A coupled ice‐ocean dynamical model is applied to the simulation of sea‐ice motion and distribution off Newfoundland during the Labrador Ice Margin Experiment (LIMEX), March 1987. In the model, the ice is coupled to a barotropic ocean through an Ekman layer that deepens with increasing wind speed. A 6‐hourly gridded wind dataset was used as input to drive the ice and the ocean. The results show that ice velocities with ice‐ocean coupling are appreciably higher than those without coupling because of the generation of wind‐driven coastal currents. This suggests that coupled ice‐ocean dynamics should always be considered in short‐term sea‐ice models. The model gives reasonable agreement with the observed ice edge except in the southern boundary where ice‐melt has a strong influence on the ice‐edge position. Ocean currents, sea level and ice velocities computed from the model are in qualitative agreement with limited current‐meter, tide‐gauge, and ice drifter trajectory data. 相似文献
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Abstract Winter‐time (1985–86) observations of sea‐level, surface waves, currents, bottom pressure, and water properties were made on the Scotian Shelf as part of the Canadian Atlantic Storms Program (CASP). The purpose of the field program and the locations, instrument systems, and sampling schemes are described. Statistics on the observed currents are presented, and monthly estimates of the longshore transport of the Nova Scotian Current are given for four months spanning the winter season (December to March). The 1985–86 transports are compared with previous estimates of the baroclinic transport made using the dynamic method. Cross‐shelf temperature and salinity distributions corresponding to the beginning and end of the field program are described and compared with the climatological means. The autospectra of the observed currents exhibit energy concentrations at frequencies of 0.2–0.5, 1.0, 1.4 and 2.0 cycles per day (cpd). Coastal‐trapped wave motions account for significant portions of the energy in the two lowest frequency bands, forced by wind stress and the diurnal tide, respectively. Inertial oscillations generated by wind stress events predominate at 1.4 cpd, and the semidiurnal tide, at 2 cpd. These motions are described separately, and references to more detailed discussions are given. 相似文献
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Kevin Hamilton 《大气与海洋》2013,51(1):48-66
Abstract A simple perturbation procedure is developed for incorporating the effects of mean zonal winds in atmospheric tidal calculations. This method is used to determine the variation of the solar semidiurnal surface pressure oscillation, S2(p), that is expected to result from the mean wind changes during the course of the quasi‐biennial oscillation of the tropical stratosphere. The results are consistent with earlier observations of a quasi‐biennial variation in S2(p). Some new observations of biennial variability in S2(p) at four tropical stations are also discussed. 相似文献
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R.A. Flather 《大气与海洋》2013,51(1):22-45
Abstract The development of a tidal model for the west coast of Canada is described. The model is intermediate in resolution between coarse‐gridded global models and fine‐gridded local models; it provides a good representation of the main shelf regions and also includes a substantial area of the neighbouring ocean. The physical processes relevant to tides in both deep and shallow water are included. Calculations have been carried out for the M2 and K1 constituents and the model results were compared with extensive tide‐gauge observations and empirically based charts. For M2, the agreement between model results and observations is generally excellent, but for K1, which contains more small‐scale variability, the model results are not quite so good. The variability in K1 is associated with tidally generated continental shelf waves. Examination of the computed currents and energy fluxes suggests that shelf‐wave components are present in the model solution but, for the Vancouver Island shelf, their propagation is not reproduced accurately. This may be due to deficiencies in the model and/or to the influences of stratification and mean currents, which are neglected here. The model predicts that shelf‐wave components should also occur in diurnal tides on the Alaskan shelf. The significance of the tide‐generating potential and advection are also examined and further work proposed. 相似文献
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《大气与海洋》2013,51(4):415-427
Abstract An Mw = 7.2 earthquake occurred on 15 June 2005 (utc) seaward of northern California off the west coast of North America. Based on the earthquake location and source parameters, the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for the region extending from the California‐Mexico border to northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia (the first tsunami warning for this region since the 1994 Mw = 8.2 Shikotan earthquake). Six tide gauges on the west coast recorded tsunami waves from this event, with a maximum trough‐to‐crest wave height of 27.7 cm observed at Crescent City, California. Waves of 2.5 to 6.5 cm were measured at the five other sites: Port Orford (Oregon), North Spit and Arena Cove (California), and Tofino and Bamfield (British Columbia). The open‐ocean Deep‐ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) buoys, 46404 and 46405, recorded tsunami waves of 0.5 and 1.5 cm, respectively, closely matching wave heights derived from numerical models. Incoming tsunami wave energy was mainly at periods of 10 to 40 min. The observed tsunami wave field is interpreted in terms of edge (trapped) and leaky (non‐trapped) waves and a “trapping coefficient” is introduced to estimate the relative contribution of these two wave types. Due to the high (3000 m) water depth in the source area, approximately two‐thirds of the total tsunami energy went to leaky wave modes and only one‐third to edge wave modes. The improved response to and preparedness for the 2005 California tsunami compared to the 1994 Shikotan tsunami is attributable, in part, to the operational capability provided by the open‐ocean bottom‐pressure recorder (DART) system, higher quality coastal tide gauges, and the effective use of numerical models to simulate real‐time tsunamis. 相似文献
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Abstract A modified response analysis in the form of an orthotide parametrization is used to derive major semi‐diurnal and diurnal tidal constituents over the Newfoundland and Scotian Shelves from TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data. The orthotide formulation simultaneously solves for eight major semi‐diurnal and diurnal constituents, and has an accuracy of better than ～1.5 cm for each constituent. Tidal elevations are derived from the altimeter data on the ascending and descending satellite ground tracks, and interpolated using the method of statistical interpolation. The semi‐diurnal constituents (M2, S2 and N2) compare favourably with available in‐situ observations and a numerical model. The diurnals (K1 and O1) are not as accurate as the semi‐diurnals, especially in the nearshore environment. The paper demonstrates the ability of TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry to provide accurate tidal data over a continental shelf. 相似文献
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Abstract Half‐hourly measurements of soil surface heat flux density (G0 ), solar irradiance (S), and the surface energy balance components were made at Agassiz, b.c., in the spring and early summer of 1978 at two adjacent bare‐soil sites, one of which was culti‐packed while the other was disc‐harrowed. G0 was calculated using the null‐alignment procedure from half‐hourly measurements of soil temperature at 30 depths down to 1 m, and volumetric soil heat capacity calculated from measurements of bulk density, organic matter fraction, and moisture content. The latent and sensible heat flux densities were measured using the energy balance/Bowen ratio technique. It was found that both the daily averages and diurnal variations of Go at each site were not affected as the soil surface dried, despite reductions in evaporation rate of as much as 50% at the culti‐packed site and 75% at the disc‐harrowed site on the clear dry‐soil days. Diurnal variations of G0 at the disc‐harrowed site were about 25% less than at the culti‐packed site, although daily averages were similar at both sites. Daily and daytime averages of G0 at each site were linear functions of S alone, or functions of net radiation and some measure of near‐surface soil water content. Night‐time averages of G0 at each site were linear functions of a cloudiness ratio equal to the fraction received of the clear‐day S. 相似文献
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《大气与海洋》2012,50(4):59-76
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements of the velocity structure in the thermocline in Luzon Strait are presented. The statistics for current, vertical variation of the inertia-gravity waveband, parametric subharmonic instability (PSI), and current shear are analyzed. It was found that 1) barotropic flow primarily consists of a nearly circular mixed tide. Diurnal tides are strongest and show smooth variance with a fortnightly spring-neap cycle, indicative of the astronomical tide-generating force. However, the semi-diurnal band power exhibits a high-frequency oscillation as a result of non-linear interactions. The high-frequency band power with high values during the spring tide oscillates with the tidal cycle. Near-inertial wave motions showing random variance may be caused by changes in the wind forcing at the sea surface or by random forcing. 2) Baroclinic velocities exhibit strong shear structure. The observed large changes in the amplitude of the baroclinic velocity and the limited vertical extent of the high-velocity cores may be interpreted as internal wave beams that pass through the observed water column. Semi-diurnal tides are dominant in the baroclinic velocity. Kinetic energy spectra also revealed that additional peaks were centred at sum-tidal-inertial interaction frequencies (such as M2 ?+?f) and difference-interaction frequencies (such as M2 ???f). The spectral exponent of the baroclinic velocity is ω?α (1?<?α?<?3). 3) Strong non-linear interactions among internal waves exist, and the semi-diurnal (M2) component plays a key role in these interactions. Bicoherence analysis showed that M2/2 waves were non-linearly coupled with the dominant M 2 internal tide. 4) The polarization relations were used to diagnose observational internal tidal motions. Diurnal waves propagate to the east-northeast, and the semi-diurnal–diurnal waves propagate westward. In the case of diurnal tides, the minor to major axis ratio is different from the expected value of f/ωK 1 because of the deviation of inclinations, whereas, for semi-diurnal tides, it is close to the expected value of f/ω M2 at depths from 30 to 150 m. RÉSUMÉ?[Traduit par la rédaction] Nous présentons les mesures de la structure des vitesses dans la thermocline faites par profileur de courant à effet Doppler (ADCP) dans le détroit de Luçon. Nous analysons les statistiques sur le courant, la variation verticale de la gamme d'ondes d'inertie-gravité, l'instabilité subharmonique paramétrique (PSI) et le cisaillement du courant. Il ressort que 1) l’écoulement barotrope consiste principalement en une marée mixte presque circulaire. Les marées diurnes sont les plus fortes et présentent une variance régulière dans un cycle vives-eaux mortes-eaux de deux semaines qui révèle la nature astronomique de la force qui produit les marées. Cependant, la puissance de bande semi-diurne affiche une oscillation de haute fréquence causée par des interactions non linéaires. La puissance de bande de haute fréquence avec des valeurs élevées durant les vives-eaux oscille avec le cycle des marées. Les mouvements des ondes quasi inertielles affichant une variance aléatoire peuvent être dus à des variations dans le forçage par le vent à la surface de la mer ou à un forçage aléatoire. 2) Les vitesses baroclines exhibent une structure fortement cisaillée. Les changements marqués observés dans l'amplitude des vitesses baroclines et l'extension verticale limitée des c?urs de vitesse élevée peuvent être interprétés comme des faisceaux d'ondes internes qui traversent la colonne d'eau observée. Les marées semi-diurnes sont dominantes dans les vitesses baroclines. Les spectres d’énergie cinétique ont aussi révélé que des crêtes additionnelles étaient centrées aux fréquences d'interaction cumulative marée-inertie (comme à M2 ?+?f) et aux fréquences d'interaction différentielle (comme à M2 ???f). L'exposant spectral de la vitesse barocline est ω?α (1?<?α?<?3). 3) Il existe de fortes interactions non linéaires entre les ondes internes et la semi-diurne (M2) joue un rôle clé dans ces interactions. L'analyse de bicohérence a montré que les ondes M2/2 étaient non-linéairement couplées avec la marée interne dominante M2 . 4) Nous avons utilisé les relations de polarisation pour diagnostiquer les mouvements de marée internes déduits des observations. Les ondes diurnes se propagent vers l'est-nord-est et les ondes semi-diurnes se propagent vers l'ouest. Dans le cas des marées diurnes, le rapport de l'axe secondaire à l'axe principal diffère de la valeur attendue (f/ωK 1 ) à cause de l’écart des inclinaisons alors que pour les marées semi-diurnes, il est proche de la valeur attendue (f/ω M2 ) à des profondeurs de 30 à 150 m. 相似文献
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Richard D. Ray 《大气与海洋》2016,54(2):108-116
Since the late 1990s the semi-diurnal tide at Churchill, on the western shore of Hudson Bay, has been decreasing in amplitude, with M2 amplitudes falling from approximately 154?cm in 1998 to 146?cm in 2012 and 142?cm in 2014. There has been a corresponding small increase in phase lag. Mean low water, decreasing throughout most of the twentieth century, has levelled off. Although the tidal changes could reflect merely a malfunctioning tide gauge, the fact that there are no other measurements in the region and the possibility that the tide is revealing important environmental changes calls for serious investigation. Satellite altimeter measurements of the tide in Hudson Bay are complicated by the seasonal ice cover; at most locations less than 40% of satellite passes return valid ocean heights and even those can be impacted by errors from sea ice. Because the combined TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, and Jason-2 time series is more than 23 years long, it is now possible to obtain sufficient data at crossover locations near Churchill to search for tidal changes. The satellites sense no changes in M2 that are comparable to the changes seen at the Churchill gauge. The changes appear to be localized to the harbour, or to the Churchill River, or to the gauge itself. 相似文献
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《大气与海洋》2013,51(2):132-146
Abstract This paper presents a hydrodynamic study of the St. Lawrence Estuary's estuarine transition zone, a 100 km region where fresh water from the river mixes with salt water from the estuary. The circulation of the estuarine transition zone is driven by strong tides, a large river flow, and well‐defined salinity gradients. For this study, a three‐dimensional hydrodynamic model was applied to the estuarine transition zone of the St. Lawrence Estuary and used to examine stratification and density‐driven baroclinic flow. The model was calibrated to field observations and subsequently predicted water level elevations, along‐channel currents, and salinity with mean errors of less than 9%, 11%, and 17%, respectively. The baroclinic density‐driven currents were distinguished from the tidal barotropic currents by using principal component analysis. Stratification and baroclinic flow were observed to vary throughout the estuarine transition zone on tidal and subtidal spring‐neap time scales. On a semidiurnal tidal time scale, stratification was periodic, and baroclinic flow was represented by pulses of sheared exchange flow, suggesting that neither buoyancy forcing nor turbulent mixing is dominant at this scale. On a subtidal spring‐neap time scale, stratification and baroclinic flow varied inversely with tidal energy, increasing on weak neap tides and decreasing on strong spring tides. 相似文献
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Observations of internal tide generation over continental slopes in a laboratory experiment have been carried out, with the objectives of making comparisons with linear generation theory and investigating its limitations. Both continuous and layered stratification have been considered. A measure of the amplitude of the barotropic tidal forcing (and hence of non-linearity) is given by the Froude Number F = usb/cw, where usb is the maximum barotropic tidal velocity at the shelf break, and cw is the long-wave speed of the lowest internal mode.For continuous stratification, good agreement was obtained for “steep” slopes (α/c > 1), where α is the slope at the continental slope and c is the slope of the internal wave rays of tidal frequency), even for quite large amplitude motions (F < 1.6), and the upper limit of its quantitative usefulness was not reached. For “flat” slopes (α/c < 1) reasonable agreement was also obtained, even up to quite amplitudes (F < 3.1), although some departure from linear theory was apparent.For two-layer flows the applicability of linear theory was much more restricted. For F 0.5 there was only qualitative agreement and for larger F (>1) significant differences were observed. The latter were due to the substantial advection and associated hydraulic jumps which occured seaward of the shelf-break during the ebb-phase of the barotropic tide. Shelf-break values of F > 1 are common in the ocean. 相似文献
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Abstract A non‐linear response in current‐meter compasses is examined in terms of its effect on the measured residual current. It is shown that, even for a compass response within typical manufacturers’ specifications, the induced errors are important for regions where the residual speed is less than about 10% of the peak tidal current. In an M2 current, the non‐linearity also induces an M4 signal, but this is not sufficiently large to be easily detected by tidal analyses. 相似文献
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Abstract The hydrography and circulation of Conception Bay (Newfoundland) are described based on hydrographic, current‐meter and drifter data collected over four years (1988–1991). The seasonal cycles of temperature (‐1.6 to 13–17°C) and salinity (31–32.5) in the bay closely follow those on the adjacent shelf. Exchange of bottom water was observed in April 1989. Deepwater exchange was observed from late fall to early winter of 1989–90. Tidal currents are weak, 1–2 cm s‐1 for the M2 and K1 constituents. Observed Eulerian mean currents (<3 cm s‐1) are smaller than the standard deviation (1–11 cm s‐1); however, there is a persistent outflowing current of 10 to 20 cm s‐1 within 2 km of the shoreline on the eastern side of the outer bay. The Lagrangian correlation length scale is from 4 to 10 km, in agreement with the weak coherence squared (≤0.4) found between the fixed current‐meter sites separated by greater than 4–5 km. The variable currents (up to 20 cm s‐1) tend to be cyclonic. Cyclonic eddies were observed near the mouth on the eastern side of the bay, adjacent to the outflow. A simplified fractal dispersion model gives residence times of 42 d similar to those obtained from a scaling analysis (30–40 d) and a diagnostic numerical model (30 d). 相似文献