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Propagation of Wind Energy into the Deep Ocean through a Fully Turbulent Mesoscale Eddy Field
2008
Journal of Physical Oceanography
The authors analyze the 3D propagation of wind-forced near-inertial motions in a fully turbulent mesoscale eddy field with a primitive equation numerical model. Although the wind stress is uniform, the near-inertial motion field quickly becomes spatially heterogeneous, involving horizontal scales much smaller than the eddy scales. Analysis confirms that refraction by the eddy relative vorticity is the main mechanism responsible for the horizontal distortion of the near-inertial motions, which
doi:10.1175/2008jpo3821.1
fatcat:mzzahruhonfcddfwsvge5brz7m