Fen-Yuan Han

Local dissipation ratio of internal tides at key topographic features in the South China Sea

The local dissipation ratio of internal tides,  q * , is a critical parameter in tidal mixing parameterizations. However, the conventionally adopted constant value of 0.3 in large-scale ocean models neglects its significant spatiotemporal variability. Based on the MITgcm LLC4320 simulation, the internal tidal ener...