Inertial Currents Over the Inner Shelf Near 30°N
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Vol. 8 (4) , 728-733
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1978)008<0728:icotis>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Analysis of two month-long current records, one in February and one in May, from the inner shelf (28.9°N) west of the Mississippi River delta show strong oscillations in the diurnal-inertial frequency band. Lack of correlation of these currents with the predicted or measured tide and strong association with frontal passages suggest that they are wind-induced inertial oscillations. The observed oscillations are well reproduced by a time-dependent wind-driven model including Coriolis acceleration and friction (Pollard and Millard, 1970).Keywords
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