PS34B:
Interactions Between Internal Waves and Mesoscale/Submesoscale Currents: Physics and Impacts on Ocean Energetics and Mixing III Posters

Session ID#: 85089

Session Description:
Mesoscale eddies and low-frequency internal waves contain most of the ocean kinetic energy. It has been speculated that energy transfers between the waves and eddies play a leading-order role in their respective kinetic-energy budgets. Theory and analysis of numerical models suggest that these energy transfers are facilitated by features in the flow associated with strong vorticity, strain, and lateral density gradients, but our understanding of the relevant physics and our observations of these transfers in action are still emerging. Interactions between waves and both mesoscale and submesoscale currents can also impact internal wave-driven mixing by locally enhancing wave shear and turbulence. Our nascent understanding of the physics and impacts of these interactions warrants closer examination. This session invites contributions from observational, numerical, and theoretical studies on the physics of the interactions between internal waves and mesoscale/submesoscale currents and their impacts on regional to global scales.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • OM - Ocean Modeling
  • PL - Physical Oceanography: Mesoscale and Larger
Index Terms:

4520 Eddies and mesoscale processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4544 Internal and inertial waves [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4568 Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4572 Upper ocean and mixed layer processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Primary Chair:  Caitlin B Whalen, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Co-chairs:  Cesar B Rocha, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, United States, Anna Savage, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Portland, ME, United States and Stephanie Waterman, University of British Columbia, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Caitlin B Whalen, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Moderators:  Stephanie Waterman, University of British Columbia, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Caitlin B Whalen, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Anna Savage, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Portland, ME, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
PS34B-2926
Instabilities and Turbulence Observed within Large Internal Solitary Waves in the South China Sea (644698)
Ming-Huei Chang1, Yu-Hsin Cheng1, Yiing Jang Yang1, Sen Jan1, Steven R Ramp2, D Benjamin Reeder3, Wan-Ting Hsieh1, Dong Shan Ko4, Huan-Jie Shao5 and Ruo-Shan Tseng6, (1)National Taiwan University, Institute of Oceanography, Taipei, Taiwan, (2)Soliton Ocean Services, Inc., Carmel Valley, CA, United States, (3)Naval Postgraduate School, Oceanography, Monterey, CA, United States, (4)Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (5)National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, (6)National Sun Yat-sen University, Department of Oceanography, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
 
PS34B-2927
Observed Three-dimensional Structure of Internal Solitary Waves in the Northern South China Sea (644699)
Yunchao Yang1, Xiaodong Huang2, Wei Zhao1 and Jiwei Tian2, (1)Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, (2)Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System (FDOMES) and Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Ocean Observation and Information of Hainan Province/Sanya Oceanographic Institution, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
 
PS34B-2928
Observations of different effects of an anti-cyclonic eddy on internal solitary waves in the South China Sea (644769)
Jiexin Xu1, Yinghui He1, Zhiwu Chen1, Jieshuo Xie1, Yuqi WU2 and Shuqun Cai3, (1)South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, (2)SCSIO South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, (3)SCSIO South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Acaademy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
 
PS34B-2929
Propagation Speeds of Shoaling Internal Solitary Waves in the South China Sea: A satellite Investigation and Theoretical Interpretation (649683)
Yu-Hsin Cheng1, Ming-Huei Chang1, Dong Shan Ko2, Yiing Jang Yang1 and Sen Jan1, (1)National Taiwan University, Institute of Oceanography, Taipei, Taiwan, (2)Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
 
PS34B-2930
Horizontal maximum velocity of internal solitary waves estimated from glider vertical motions east of Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea (649805)
Sen Jan1, Kai-Chieh Cathy Yang1, Ming-Huei Chang1, Yiing Jang Yang1, Joe Wang2, Steven Ramp3, D Benjamin Reeder4 and Dong Shan Ko5, (1)National Taiwan University, Institute of Oceanography, Taipei, Taiwan, (2)National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, (3)Soliton Ocean Services, Inc., Carmel Valley, CA, United States, (4)Naval Postgraduate School, Oceanography, Monterey, CA, United States, (5)Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
 
PS34B-2931
The Interaction of a Mode-1 Internal Solitary Wave with a Step and the Generation of Mode-2 Waves (656017)
Zihua Liu, Roger Grimshaw and Edward R Johnson, University College London, London, United Kingdom
 
PS34B-2932
Capturing the incipient breaking of a convectively unstable internal solitary wave of depression shoaling in the South China Sea (649502)
Gustavo Rivera and Peter Diamessis, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
 
PS34B-2933
Modulation of Tidal Currents on Shoaling Internal Solitary Waves (657377)
Xiaolin Bai, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Kevin G Lamb, Univ Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Jianyu Hu, Xiamen University, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen, China and Zhiyu Liu, Xiamen University, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, and Department of Physical Oceanography, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen, China
 
PS34B-2934
A high accuracy/resolution spectral element method for the simulation of shoaling non-linear internal waves of depression over realistic bathymetry (647476)
Theodoros Diamantopoulos1, Sumedh M Joshi2, Gustavo Rivera1, Kristopher Rowe3, Greg Thomsen4 and Peter Diamessis5, (1)Cornell University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY, United States, (2)Cornell University, Center for Applied Mathematics, Ithaca, NY, United States, (3)Cornell University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, NY, United States, (4)Wandering Wakhs Research, Austin, United States, (5)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
 
PS34B-2935
Role of thermocline properties on mode-2 nonlinear internal wave formation on a continental shelf (649918)
Matt Rayson1, Yankun Gong2, Nicole L Jones1 and Gregory N Ivey3, (1)University of Western Australia, Oceans Graduate School and Oceans Institute, Crawley, WA, Australia, (2)University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia, (3)University Western Australia, Oceans Graduate School and Oceans Institute, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
 
PS34B-2936
Hindering effects of tides on the intrusion of the Gulf of Aden Intermediate water (645846)
Daquan Guo, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Fengchao Yao, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Peng Zhan, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, George Krokos, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Division of Physical Science and Engineering, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia and Ibrahim Hoteit, Earth Sciences and Engineering Program, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
 
PS34B-2937
How Realistic is the Internal Tide Energy Decay in a Global Ocean Model? (657278)
Maarten C Buijsman, University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Joseph K Ansong, Univ of MI-Earth & Environ Sci, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Brian K Arbic, University of Michigan, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Mattias Green, Bangor University, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor, LL59, United Kingdom, James G Richman, Naval Research Lab Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Jay F Shriver, Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Gordon Stephenson, University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Clément Vic, Laboratoire de Physique des Océans, Brest, France, Alan J Wallcraft, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Amy Frances Waterhouse, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, Caitlin B Whalen, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States and Zhongxiang Zhao, University of Washington
 
PS34B-2938
Ocean observations show cyclonic eddies intensify internal tides off eastern Australia (640070)
Eduardo Queiroz1, Moninya Roughan2, Colette Gabrielle Kerry3 and Shane R Keating1, (1)University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (2)University of New South Wales, Coastal and Regional Oceanography Lab, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (3)University of New South Wales, Coastal and Regional Oceanography Lab, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
 
PS34B-2939
Scattering of Internal Waves by (Cyclo)geostrophic Turbulence (646560)
Jeffrey Uncu and Nicolas Grisouard, University of Toronto, Physics, Toronto, ON, Canada
 
PS34B-2940
Role of mesoscale eddies in modulating the internal tide: observation results in the northern South China Sea (642623)
Xiaodong Huang1, Wei Zhao2, Jiwei Tian3, Chun Zhou3, Zhiwei Zhang2 and Yunchao Yang4, (1)Ocean university of China, Qingdao, China, (2)Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, (3)Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System (FDOMES) and Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Ocean Observation and Information of Hainan Province/Sanya Oceanographic Institution, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, (4)Ocean University of China, China
 
PS34B-2942
Low wavenumber hump in the internal wave energy spectra observed in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current region (649706)
Anne Takahashi and Toshiyuki Hibiya, The University of Tokyo, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo, Japan
 
PS34B-2943
Internal Waves and Mixing Over the Southwest Indian Ridge (657413)
Tamara Beitzel Beitzel Barriquand, Humboldt State University, Oceanography, Arcata, CA, United States and Jennifer A MacKinnon, UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States
 
PS34B-2944
Observations of coastal and open water internal wave generation in Lake Superior (654819)
Erica Green, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, United States, Samuel Maurice Kelly, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, United States, Jonathan D Nash, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Jay A Austin, Univ Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, United States and Drew J. Lucas, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States
 
PS34B-2945
Internal wave turbulent mixing variability in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current estimated from fine-scale observations in Drake Passage (643466)
Manuel Othon Gutierrez-Villanueva, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Teresa K Chereskin, SIO/UCSD, La Jolla, CA, United States and Janet Sprintall, Univ California San Diego, La Jolla, United States
 
PS34B-2946
Observations of internal wave enhancements in an area of strong mesoscale variability in the southwestern East Sea (Japan Sea) (644577)
Suyun Noh, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea and SungHyun Nam, Seoul National University, Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul, South Korea
 
PS34B-2947
Near-inertial wave generation and dissipation in realistically forced HYCOM simulations (652271)
Keshav Raja, Universiy of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, John C. Stennis Space Center, United States, Maarten C Buijsman, University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Samuel Maurice Kelly, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, United States, Jay F Shriver, Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Brian K Arbic, University of Michigan, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Jim G. Richman, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
 
PS34B-2949
Poleward-propagating near-inertial waves enabled by the western boundary current (636962)
Chanhyung Jeon1, Jae-Hun Park2, Hirohiko Nakamura3, Ayako Nishina3, Xiao Hua Zhu4, Dong Guk Kim5, Hong Sik Min5, Sok Kuh Kang6, Hanna Na7 and Naoki Hirose8, (1)Pusan National University, Department of Oceanography, Busan, South Korea, (2)Inha University, Ocean Sciences, Incheon, South Korea, (3)Fac. Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan, (4)Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China, (5)KIOST, Ocean Circulation and Climate Research Center, Busan, South Korea, (6)KIOST, Ocean Circulation and Climate Research Center, Ansan, South Korea, (7)Seoul National University, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), (8)Kyushu University, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Fukuoka, Japan
 
PS34B-2951
Spatial and temporal variations of near-inertial currents in the deep Gulf of Mexico (656321)
Yingli Zhu, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States and Xinfeng Liang, University of Delaware, School of Marine Science and Policy, Newark, DE, United States
 
PS34B-2952
Global Estimates of the Energy Transfer From the Wind to the Ocean, With Emphasis on Near-Inertial Oscillations (647864)
Mar M. Flexas1, Andrew F Thompson1, Hector S Torres2, Patrice Klein2, J. Thomas Farrar3, Hong Zhang4 and Dimitris Menemenlis5, (1)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (5)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
 
PS34B-2953
Balanced and unbalanced flow in a two-layer shallow water model forced by a wind-driven slab layer (648807)
David Straub, McGill University, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Montréal, QC, Canada, Yanxu Chen, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Paris, France and Louis-Philippe Nadeau, University of Quebec at Rimouski UQAR, ISMER, Rimouski, QC, Canada
 
PS34B-2954
On the Frequency-Wavenumber Characteristics of Balanced Motions and Internal Gravity Waves in Eastern Boundary Currents (653986)
Cesar Antonio Perez Quintana, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Oceanografia Fisica, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, Hector S Torres, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States and Jose Gomez-Valdes, CICESE National Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Mexico, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico
 
PS34B-2955
Stratification Anomalies in the Ocean Interior (654014)
Bailey Avila, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences, New Bedford, United States, Miles A Sundermeyer, School Marine Sci. & Tech., New Bedford, United States, Marie-Pascale Lelong, NorthWest Research Associates, Boulder, United States, Eric L Kunze, NorthWest Research Associates, Seattle, United States, Jeffrey J Early, NorthWest Research Associates, Redmond, WA, United States and Cimarron J Wortham, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
 
PS34B-2956
Super-inertial internal waves trapped in a vortex (649751)
Kaoru Ito, United States and Tomohiro Nakamura, Hokkaido Univ, Sapporo, Japan
 
PS34B-2957
Submesoscale horizontal structure of upper-ocean velocity and density (656044)
Sina Khani, University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, James B Girton, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, Eric L Kunze, NorthWest Research Associates, Seattle, United States, John Mickett, University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory, Seattle, United States and J. Thomas Farrar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, United States
 
PS34B-2958
Submesoscale horizontal wavenumber spectra from the upper Eastern North Pacific (656301)
Anda Vladoiu, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Ocean Physics Department, Seattle, WA, United States, Ren-Chieh Lien, Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, United States and Eric L Kunze, NorthWest Research Associates, Redmond, WA, United States
 
PS34B-2960
Anisotropic Helmholtz Decomposition of Lagrangian Tracer Data and its Dynamical Implications (643938)
Han Wang, United States and Oliver Buhler, New York University, CAOS, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, United States
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