Direct Observations of Coastally Generated Near‐Inertial Waves During a Wind Event
Samuel M. Kelly, Erica L. Green, Ian A. Stokes, Jay A. Austin, Andrew J. Lucas, Jonathan D. Nash · 2024
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Description
Samuel Kelly and co-authors observed coastal near-inertial waves directly during a wind event in a 2024 paper. Wind over water creates such motions, and coasts shape them in ways open water does not. Lake Superior served as a natural laboratory for the coastal ocean.
Over a ninety-six hour survey, the team profiled currents, temperature, and turbulence from three to twenty kilometres offshore. Wind drove strong near-inertial flow, held back near the coast. The flow split into a uniform forced part and a wave part moving offshore. A simple momentum model matched the mean flow and energy loss well. Most wind work went to turbulence, with some carried offshore by waves.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Samuel M. Kelly, Erica L. Green, Ian A. Stokes, Jay A. Austin, Andrew J. Lucas, Jonathan D. Nash |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |