Problems with Near-Inertial Waves
29 Luglio 2024
ore: 11:00
Biblioteca di Geofisica (viale Berti Pichat 8 - Bologna) e online su Teams
Ingresso libero fino ad esaurimento dei posti disponibili
-
44.5002889 11.35665
Speaker Prof. William Young from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CA (US)
Over 35 years ago the Ocean Storms Experiment (OSE) in the Northeast Pacific observed the generation of near-inertial waves (NIWs) by a storm. Consistent with refraction resulting from the beta-effect, NIWs propagated downwards and towards the equator. Mesoscale vorticity gradients, which exceed beta by a factor of ten, did not have a significant effect on NIW propagation.