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Seiche excitation in a highly stratified fjord of southern Chile: the Reloncaví fjord
Escuela de Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del
Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaíso,
Valparaíso, Chile
COPAS-Sur Austral, Universidad de Concepción,
Concepción, Chile
Oscar Pizarro
COPAS-Sur Austral, Universidad de Concepción,
Concepción, Chile
Departamento de Geofísica, Universidad de
Concepción, Concepción, Chile
Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía, Universidad de
Concepción, Concepción, Chile
Nadin Ramírez
COPAS-Sur Austral, Universidad de Concepción,
Concepción, Chile
Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía, Universidad de
Concepción, Concepción, Chile
Mario Cáceres
Escuela de Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del
Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaíso,
Valparaíso, Chile
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Here we present the results of an intensive physical oceanography study conducted in the Reloncavi fjord (41.5º S, 72.5º W) which was focused on the sub-inertial timescale. The along-fjord currents presented 3-day oscillations which were consistent with the natural internal period of oscillation of the fjord basin (internal seiche). This oscillation could explain more than 44 % of the 3-day variability and contributed with kinetic energy levels as large as the tidal currents.
Here we present the results of an intensive physical oceanography study conducted in the...
