Role of Tidal Forcing in Determining the Internal Wave Spectrum in the Littoral Ocean

The long-range goals of this project are to understand the environmental factors that define the level of internal wave activity in the littoral oceans and to develop re-locatable models capable of predicting these levels. The hypothesis is that energy due to internal tides generated through interactions with complex coastal topography is both predictable, using high-resolution primitive equation numerical models, and responsible for setting energy levels of the broader-frequency internal wave spectrum.