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TI Incoherent signature of internal tides on sea level in idealized numerical simulations
BT 
AF PONTE, Aurelien
   KLEIN, Patrice
AS 1:1;2:2;
FF 1:PDG-ODE-LPO;2:;
C1 IFREMER, Lab Phys Oceans, CNRS, IRD,UBO, Plouzane, France.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-ODE-LPO
UM LOPS
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
IF 4.212
TC 61
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00254/36571/35109.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;internal tide;wide-swath altimetry;mesoscale turbulence;incoherence
AB The non persistent phase relationship between internal tides and astronomical forcings, also known as incoherence, has been identified as a major question in the context of future wide-swath satellite altimetry. This study addresses this issue using a novel set of numerical experiments where a plane-wave/low-mode internal tide propagates through a turbulent mesoscale eddy field. These experiments demonstrate the emergence of internal tide incoherence as the eddy turbulence is strengthened. In strongly turbulent situations, the internal tide signature on sea level forms complex interference patterns with large amplifications of the initial internal wave. These patterns evolve more rapidly than the signature of the turbulent eddy field on sea level. The implications of such idealized numerical simulations for wide-swath altimetry are discussed.
PY 2015
PD MAR
SO Geophysical Research Letters
SN 0094-8276
PU Amer Geophysical Union
VL 42
IS 5
UT 000351847600033
BP 1520
EP 1526
DI 10.1002/2014GL062583
ID 36571
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