期刊名称:Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
电子版ISSN:1600-0870
出版年度:2015
卷号:67
期号:1
DOI:10.3402/tellusa.v67.27385
摘要:The redistribution and dissipation of internal wave energy arising from the conversion at mid-ocean ridges of the barotropic tide is studied in a set of numerical experiments. A two-dimensional non-hydrostatic model with 100 m horizontal and 10–25 m vertical resolution is used to represent the detailed processes near an idealised ridge. Conventional internal wave beams at the tidal frequency, , appear. At the ridge crest, strong tidal energy dissipation occurs that both mixes the fluid and generates strong near-inertial oscillations radiating in near-horizontal beams. Resonant triad interaction between the tidal and inertial motions in turn produces beams at and with high shear, thus effectively mixing fluid at considerable heights above the ridge crest.