Second-mode semidiurnal internal tides on the continental slope of the southwestern East/Japan Sea

ABSTRACT Lee, H.Y.; Park, J.H.; Jeon, C.; Seo, S.; Kim D.G.; Park, Y.G.; Min H.S., and Kim, S.D., 2016. Second-mode semidiurnal internal tides on the continental slope of the southwestern East/Japan Sea. In: Vila-Concejo, A.; Bruce, E.; Kennedy, D.M., and McCarroll, R.J. (eds.), Proceedings of the 14th International Coastal Symposium (Sydney, Australia). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, No. 75, pp. 1387 - 1391. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. Energetic second-mode semidiurnal internal tides with a three-layer-like structure were observed from time series of 26-hour-long 2 hourly velocity profiles collected on the continental shelf-slope of the southwestern East/Japan Sea during a spring tidal period in early November 2013. Modal-fitted baroclinic semidiurnal signals using a least-squared method demonstrate that the kinetic energy of second-mode semidiurnal internal tides is comparable to the first-mode ones. In order to understand physical processes affecting the enhanced generation of...