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Features of the generation and structure of internal tides near Mexico’s Central Pacific Coast are discussed using: the hydrographic data of a field survey, and the tem?perature time series obtained by two anchored instruments. The shelf in the study area is extremely narrow; a steep continental slope starts near the coast. This kind of bathymetry is uncommon in studies of internal tide generation. The internal tide wave disintegrates near the coast; sets of nonlinear waves form as a result of the transformation of the baroclinic tide. Linear and non-linear theories results were used for the interpretation of the experimental measurements of the intense internal waves. The movement of the internal tide over the continental shelf is revised. The semidiurnal tidal ray patterns constructed given the sea-bottom profile and buoyancy frequency data show that all internal tide rays are directed from the segments of the slope with a critical ocean-ward tilt of the bottom.
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Filonov, A.E., Konyaev, K.V. (2003). Nonlinear Internal Waves Near Mexico’s Central Pacific Coast. In: Velasco Fuentes, O.U., Sheinbaum, J., Ochoa, J. (eds) Nonlinear Processes in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0074-1_15
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