Are Any Coastal Internal Tides Predictable?

Surface tides are the heartbeat of the ocean. Because they are controlled by Earth's motion relative to other astronomical objects in our solar system, surface tides act like clockwork and generate highly deterministic ebb and flow familiar to all mariners. In contrast, baroclinic motions at ti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jonathan D. Nash, Emily L. Shroyer, Samuel M. Kelly, Mark E. Inall, Timothy F. Duda, Murray D. Levine, Nicole L. Jones, Ruth C. Musgrave
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2012-06-01
Series:Oceanography
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Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/25-2_nash.pdf