Energetic Baroclinic Super-Tidal Oscillations on the Southeast Florida Shelf

Authors

Alexander Soloviev, Nova Southeastern University
Mark E. Luther, University of South FloridaFollow
Robert H. Weisberg, University of South FloridaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2003

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1029/2002GL016603

Abstract

Historical and recent data reveal a very energetic regime on the shelf off southeast Florida. In addition to spin off eddies, large-amplitude tidal velocity fluctuations with amplitudes exceeding 0.5 ms-1 are observed. Recent exploratory measurements conducted as a part of the South Florida Ocean Measurement Center (SFOMC) show that the time scale of these oscillations is about 10 hrs. This period does not coincide either with the inertial period (27 Hrs) or with the semidiurnal M2 (12.42 hrs) or S2 (12 hrs) tidal constituents. In addition, these internal oscillations appear to be modulated seasonally. A possible explanation is that these oscillations are near-resonant internal seiches generated by barotropic tidal wave in the channel between Florida and Bahamas.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Geophysical Research Letters, v. 30, issue 9, art. 16

Copyright 2003 by the American Geophysical Union.

Scholar Commons Citation

Soloviev, Alexander; Luther, Mark E.; and Weisberg, Robert H., "Energetic Baroclinic Super-Tidal Oscillations on the Southeast Florida Shelf" (2003). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 365.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/365