Internal tide in the northwestern part of Banderas Bay, Mexico
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Se discuten los resultados de un experimento especial de medición de parámetros espaciotemporales de las ondas internas en la ancha plataforma continental de la parte noroeste de la Bahía de Banderas. Las mediciones oceanográficas consistieron en: (a) un levantamiento rápido con un CTD ondulante a lo largo de un transecto perpendicular a la costa, (b) el remolque de una cadena de sensores de temperatura y profundidad repetidas veces sobre la plataforma continental por transectos perpendiculares a la costa y (c) series de tiempo de componentes de velocidad registradas con un perfilador de corrientes acústico Doppler colocado en el fondo de la bahía, a una profundidad de 28 m. Se determinó la presencia de ondas internas generadas por la marea semidiurna, con características correspondientes al segundo modo normal de oscilación de acuerdo con la teoría lineal de ondas internas. El análisis de los datos obtenidos mostró que, en el área de estudio, las ondas internas generadas en el talud continental por la marea barotrópica tienen la forma de un bore oscilatorio; durante su propagación hacia la costa, éste se desintegra rápidamente, dando lugar a grupos de ondas cortas no lineales que se disipan cerca de la costa y provocan una mezcla intensa en toda la columna del agua. La interpretación de los resultados fue realizada con base en las teorías lineal y no lineal (ecuación de Korteweg-de Vries) de ondas internas.
The results of a special experiment measuring the spatiotemporal parameters of internal waves on the wide continental shelf of northwestern Banderas Bay (Mexico) are discussed. The oceanographical measurements consisted of: (a) a fast survey with an undulating CTD along a transect perpendicular to the coast, (b) the towing of an array of temperature and depth sensors several times over the continental shelf along transects perpendicular to the coast, and (c) time series of velocity components registered by an acoustic Doppler current profiler placed on the seabed of the bay at 28 m depth. The presence of internal waves generated by semidiurnal tides and corresponding to the second normal oscillation mode (according to the linear theory of internal waves) was determined. Analysis of the data showed that, in the study area, the internal waves generated over the continental slope by the barotropic tide have the shape of an oscillatory bore, which quickly disintegrates during their propagation shoreward, producing short nonlinear waves that dissipate close to the coast and intense vertical mixing of the whole water column. The interpretation of the results was based on the linear and nonlinear (Korteweg-de Vries equation) theories of internal waves.
The results of a special experiment measuring the spatiotemporal parameters of internal waves on the wide continental shelf of northwestern Banderas Bay (Mexico) are discussed. The oceanographical measurements consisted of: (a) a fast survey with an undulating CTD along a transect perpendicular to the coast, (b) the towing of an array of temperature and depth sensors several times over the continental shelf along transects perpendicular to the coast, and (c) time series of velocity components registered by an acoustic Doppler current profiler placed on the seabed of the bay at 28 m depth. The presence of internal waves generated by semidiurnal tides and corresponding to the second normal oscillation mode (according to the linear theory of internal waves) was determined. Analysis of the data showed that, in the study area, the internal waves generated over the continental slope by the barotropic tide have the shape of an oscillatory bore, which quickly disintegrates during their propagation shoreward, producing short nonlinear waves that dissipate close to the coast and intense vertical mixing of the whole water column. The interpretation of the results was based on the linear and nonlinear (Korteweg-de Vries equation) theories of internal waves.
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Plata-Rosas, L., & Filonov, A. (2007). Internal tide in the northwestern part of Banderas Bay, Mexico. Ciencias Marinas, 33(2), 197–215. https://doi.org/10.7773/cm.v33i2.1013
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