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Internal and forced ocean variability in the Mediterranean Sea
Roberta Benincasa
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Giovanni Liguori
Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Lecce, Italy
Nadia Pinardi
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Lecce, Italy
Hans von Storch
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute for Coastal Systems, Geesthacht, Germany
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Nadia Pinardi, Vladyslav Lyubartsev, Nicola Cardellicchio, Claudio Caporale, Stefania Ciliberti, Giovanni Coppini, Francesca De Pascalis, Lorenzo Dialti, Ivan Federico, Marco Filippone, Alessandro Grandi, Matteo Guideri, Rita Lecci, Lamberto Lamberti, Giuliano Lorenzetti, Paolo Lusiani, Cosimo Damiano Macripo, Francesco Maicu, Michele Mossa, Diego Tartarini, Francesco Trotta, Georg Umgiesser, and Luca Zaggia
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New Caledonia is a hot spot of internal-tide generation due to complex bathymetry. Regional modeling quantifies the coherent internal tide and shows that most energy is converted in shallow waters and on very steep slopes. The region is a challenge for observability of balanced dynamics due to strong internal-tide sea surface height (SSH) signatures at similar wavelengths. Correcting the SSH for the coherent internal tide may increase the observability of balanced motion to < 100 km.
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Short summary
Ocean dynamics result from the interplay of internal processes and external inputs, primarily from the atmosphere. It is crucial to discern between these factors to gauge the ocean's intrinsic predictability and to be able to attribute a signal under study to either external factors or internal variability. Employing a simple analysis, we successfully characterized this variability in the Mediterranean Sea and compared it with the oceanic response induced by atmospheric conditions.
Ocean dynamics result from the interplay of internal processes and external inputs, primarily...
