Occasional intensification of semidiurnal internal tide in Bungo Channel, Japan

• Published in: Geophysical research letters Vol. 33; no. 14; pp. L14607 - n/a
• Main Authors: Kawamura, Yuji, Hayami, Yuichi, Kohama, Takeshi, Kaneda, Atsushi, Takeoka, Hidetaka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Geophysical Union 01.07.2006; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Coastal processes; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Fronts and jets; Internal and inertial waves; Marine; Nearshore processes; Oceanography; Physical; Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes; Far East; Japan; INW, Japan, Bungo Channel; INW, Japan; Mooring; Summer; Intensification; slopes; Density stratification; tides; density currents; intensity; channels; Asia; bays; Current density; Geostrophic current; energy; Standing wave

Data of mooring observation in Kitanada Bay, located on the eastern coast of Bungo Channel in Japan, obtained during summer 2001 are analyzed to investigate a modification process of the semidiurnal internal tide by density currents, occasionally occurring in the channel. The mooring data show that...