High-frequency internal wave motions at the ANTARES site in the deep Western Mediterranean

Hans van Haren,; Adrián Martínez, S.; Al Samarai, I.; Albert, A.; André, M.; Anghinolfi, M.; Anton, G.; Anton, L.; Anvar, S.; Ardid, M.; Astraatmadja, T.; Aubert, J. J.; Baret, B.; Basa, S.; Bertin, V.; Biagi, Simone; Bigongiari, C.; Bogazzi, C.; Bouhou, B.; Bouwhuis, M. C.; Brunner, J.; Busto, J.; Capone, A.; Cârloganu, C.; Carr, J.; Cecchini, S.; Charif, Z.; Charvis, P. h.; Chiarusi, T.; Circella, M.; Classen, F.; Coniglione, R.; Core, L.; Costantini, H.; Coyle, P.; Creusot, A.; Curtil, C.; De Bonis, G.; Decowski, M. P.; Dekeyser, I.; Deschamps, A.; Distefano, C.; Donzaud, C.; Dornic, D.; Dorosti, Q.; Drouhin, D.; Eberl, T.; Emanuele, U.; Enzenhöfer, A.; Ernenwein, J. P.; Escoffier, S.; Fehn, K.; Fermani, P.; Ferri, M.; Ferry, S.; Flaminio, V.; Folger, F.; Fritsch, U.; Fuda, J. L.; Galatà, S.; Gay, P.; Geißelsöder, S.; Geyer, K.; Giacomelli, GIORGIO MARIA; Giordano, V.; Gleixner, A.; Gómez González, J. P.; Graf, K.; Guillard, G.; Hallewell, G.; Hamal, M.; Heijboer, A. J.; Hello, Y.; Hernández Rey, J. J.; Herold, B.; Hößl, J.; Hsu, C. C.; James, C.; de Jong, M.; Kadler, M.; Kalekin, O.; Kappes, A.; Katz, U.; Kooijman, P.; Kopper, C.; Kouchner, A.; Kreykenbohm, I.; Kulikovskiy, V.; Lahmann, R.; Lambard, G.; Larosa, G.; Lattuada, D.; Lefevre, D.; Leonora, E.; Lo Prest, D.; Loehner, H.; Loucatos, S.; Louis, F.; Mangano, S.; Marcelin, M.; Margiotta, Annarita; Martínez Mora, J. A.; Martini, S.; Meli, A.; Montaruli, T.; Morganti, M.; Motz, H.; Mueller, C.; Neff, M.; Nezri, E.; Palioselitis, D.; Păvălaş, G. E.; Petrovic, J.; Piattelli, P.; Popa, V.; Pradier, T.; Racca, C.; Reed, C.; Riccobene, G.; Richter, R.; Rivière, C.; Robert, A.; Roensch, K.; Rostovtsev, A.; Ruiz Rivas, J.; Rujoiu, M.; Samtleben, D. F. E.; Sánchez Losa, A.; Sapienza, P.; Schmid, J.; Schnabel, J.; Schulte, S.; Schüssler, F.; Seitz, T.; Shanidze, R.; Simeone, F.; Spies, A.; Spurio, Maurizio; Steijger, J. J. M.; Stolarczyk, T. h.; Taiuti, M.; Tamburini, C.; Trovato, A.; Vallage, B.; Vallée, C.; Van Elewyck, V.; Vernin, P.; Visser, E.; Wagner, S.; Wijnker, G.; Wilms, J.; de Wolf, E.; Yatkin, K.; Yepes, H.; Zaborov, D.; Zornoza, J. D.; Zúñiga, J.

doi:10.1007/s10236-014-0702-0

High-frequency internal wave motions of periods down to 20 min have been observed in a yearlong record from the deep Western Mediterranean, mainly in vertical currents. The observations were made using the ANTARES neutrino telescope infrastructure. One line of the telescope is instrumented with environmental monitoring devices, and in particular with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler that was used to measure currents around 2,200 m. Such high-frequency internal waves are commonly observed much closer to the sea surface where the vertical density stratification is more stable than in the deep sea. In this paper, they are supported by the relatively large stratification following newly formed dense water.

Hans van Haren, S. Adrián- Martínez, I. Al Samarai, A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, et al. (2014). High-frequency internal wave motions at the ANTARES site in the deep Western Mediterranean. OCEAN DYNAMICS, 64, 507-517 [10.1007/s10236-014-0702-0].