Unpredictability of internal M<sub>2</sub>

Current observations from a shelf sea, continental slopes and the abyssal North-East Atlantic Ocean are all dominated by the semidiurnal lunar (M<sub>2</sub>) tide. It is shown that motions at M<sub>2</sub> vary at usually large barotropic and coherent baroclinic scales, &...

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Main Author: H. van Haren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2007-06-01
Series:Ocean Science
Online Access:http://www.ocean-sci.net/3/337/2007/os-3-337-2007.pdf