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Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Introduction
Preamble : The Ocean Mixing Problem
Tides
Wind
Internal Wave Dynamics at Sloping Boundaries
Boundary Mixing
HOME Experiment
Thesis Outline
Data and Experimental Setting
Moorings Description
Topography and Stratification
Current and Temperature Observations
Description of Variability
Tidal Variability
Mooring DS
Mooring DN
Near-Inertial and Diurnal Variability
Introduction
Near-Inertial and Diurnal Band Temporal Modulation
Propagation of NIWs
Interaction of NIWs with the Sloping Bottom
Estimation of Dissipation and Mixing
Thorpe Analysis
Results
Temperature Bias Correction
Temperature Error Sensitivity
Salinity Compensation
Clock Drift and Sampling Time Difference
Mixing Events and Mechanisms
Mixing Events at Mooring DS
The Two Types of Mixing Events
Obliquely Propagating Internal Tides and Flow Reversal Mixing
Mixing Events at Mooring DN
Discussion
Mixing at Mooring DS
Mixing at Mooring DN
Implications and Future Work
Bibliography
jerome aucan 2006-03-22