Rapid Variability in the Japan/East Sea: Basin Oscillations, Internal Tides, and Near-Inertial Oscillations

Authors

Jae-Hun Park, University of Rhode Island
D. Randolph Watts, University of Rhode IslandFollow
Mark Wimbush, University of Rhode IslandFollow
Jeffrey W. Book
Karen L. Tracey, University of Rhode Island
Yongsheng Xu

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

2006

Department

Oceanography

Abstract

Many processes contribute to the variations of currents, sea surface height (SSH), and thermocline depth in marginal seas. Energetic examples range broadly over time scales from slow mesoscale and interannual variations to rapid basin oscillations, internal tides, and near-inertial oscillations. Our measurement array in the Japan/East Sea (JES) offered a special opportunity to study these processes simultaneously, revealing important interconnections among them.

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Park, J.-H., D.R. Watts, M. Wimbush, J.W. Book, K.L. Tracey, and Y. Xu. 2006. Rapid variability in the Japan/East Sea: Basin oscillations, internal tides, and near-inertial oscillations. Oceanography 19(3):76–85, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2006.45.

Available at: https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2006.45