Preliminary observations of the internal tide over the shelf west of New Zealand
Stanton, B.R. (1977). Preliminary observations of the internal tide over the shelf west of New Zealand. N.Z. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 11(4): 703-712
In: New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. Royal Society of New Zealand: Wellington. ISSN 0028-8330; e-ISSN 1175-8805, more
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| Keywords |
Layers > Discontinuity layers > Thermocline
Motion > Tidal motion > Tides > Semidiurnal tides
Water waves > Internal waves > Internal tides
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
Semidiurnal variations in the depth of the thermocline observed near the shelf edge north-west of Cape Egmont are probably caused by an internal tide generated at around 200 m depth over the continental slope. The observations suggest that in this region an internal tide, with amplitude of about 20 m, propagates onto the shelf with a speed of approximately 0 . 5 m.s SUP--1 and a wavelength of about 22 km. |
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