Internal wave characteristics in the eastern Arabian Sea during summer monsoon |
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| Authors: | P G K Murthy G S Sharma V V James K V Suseela |
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| Institution: | (1) Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory, 682 021 Trikkakara, Cochin, India;(2) 533 221 Gangalakurru, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh |
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| Abstract: | The time series BT profiles and surface winds and atmospheric pressure, collected in the deep waters off Ratnagiri and Karwar
during summer monsoon were utilized to document the characteristics of internal waves (IW). Low-frequency (≤2, cycle per day
(cpd)) IW off Ratnagiri are found to propagate at 83 cm/s with wavelengths of 45 km and wave heights upto 40 m. These parameters
for high-frequency (>2 cpd) IW off Karwar correspond to 99 cm/s, 3 km and 23 m. The IW off Karwar appear to leave the station
at 70° (±10°) (measured from the horizontal). The data sets were further analysed to address the harmonic composition of the
IW and identify the possible sources for the observed IW fields. Power spectra of the IW indicated energy peaks at inertial
(0·6 cpd) and tidal (1 and 2 cpd) frequencies off Ratnagiri and in the high-frequency band of 0·5–2·0 cycles per hour off
Karwar. The coherence between the IW and wind/tide is found to be good at several frequencies within the IW spectrum. This
feature probably suggests tides as a source for the IW of tidal frequencies and winds and tides as a joint source for the
IW at the remaining frequencies. |
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| Keywords: | Internal waves buoyancy frequency inertial frequency spectral density coherence |
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