Modeling Ocean Tides and Their Energetics in the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina

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Moreira, Diego; Simionato, Claudia Gloria; Dragani, Walter Cesar
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2011
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During the last decade, global tidal models have spectacularly improved. However, they still have difficulties in resolving tides over continental shelves and near coastlines. This study of tidal propagation from the continental shelf to the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina applies a set of three nested high resolution models based on the Hamburg shelf ocean model (HamSOM), where particular attention was paid to the bathymetry and the coast line. The study is complemented by the use of all the tidal gauge and tidal current observations available. Simulations display good agreement with observations, permitting the construction of higher resolution and more reliable cotidal and corange charts. The tidal regime in the area is essentially semidiurnal and dominated by M2. This constituent propagates northward as a Kelvin wave and reaches the gulfs from the south. In their interior an important amplification is observed. Tidal currents are large at the mouths of the gulfs, and weaken toward their interior. The nonlinear transfer of energy from the semidiurnal to higher order harmonics was analyzed. This can be very important in the interior of the gulfs, particularly in Nuevo Gulf and in the northwestern San Matías Gulf, close to San Antonio. Energy flux and energy dissipation by bottom friction has been computed and indicate that this region dissipates 17% of the total energy dissipated on the Patagonian Shelf which, in turn, is one of the most dissipative areas of the world ocean. The Simpson-Hunter parameter computed from the simulations shows that in the mouth of the gulfs, particularly in San Matías and east of the Península de Valdes, the tides are energetic enough to overcome stratification and produce tidal fronts. The locations where tidal fronts are located are highly consistent with results from sea surface temperature and primary productivity data analyzed by other authors.
Fil: Moreira, Diego. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina
Fil: Simionato, Claudia Gloria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina
Fil: Dragani, Walter Cesar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Ministerio de Defensa. Armada Argentina. Servicio de Hidrografía Naval; Argentina
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TIDAL ENERGETIC
PATAGONIAN SHELF
ARGENTINA CONTINENTAL SHELF
NORTH PARAGONIAN GULFS
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spelling Modeling Ocean Tides and Their Energetics in the North Patagonia Gulfs of ArgentinaMoreira, DiegoSimionato, Claudia GloriaDragani, Walter CesarTIDAL ENERGETICPATAGONIAN SHELFARGENTINA CONTINENTAL SHELFNORTH PARAGONIAN GULFShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1During the last decade, global tidal models have spectacularly improved. However, they still have difficulties in resolving tides over continental shelves and near coastlines. This study of tidal propagation from the continental shelf to the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina applies a set of three nested high resolution models based on the Hamburg shelf ocean model (HamSOM), where particular attention was paid to the bathymetry and the coast line. The study is complemented by the use of all the tidal gauge and tidal current observations available. Simulations display good agreement with observations, permitting the construction of higher resolution and more reliable cotidal and corange charts. The tidal regime in the area is essentially semidiurnal and dominated by M2. This constituent propagates northward as a Kelvin wave and reaches the gulfs from the south. In their interior an important amplification is observed. Tidal currents are large at the mouths of the gulfs, and weaken toward their interior. The nonlinear transfer of energy from the semidiurnal to higher order harmonics was analyzed. This can be very important in the interior of the gulfs, particularly in Nuevo Gulf and in the northwestern San Matías Gulf, close to San Antonio. Energy flux and energy dissipation by bottom friction has been computed and indicate that this region dissipates 17% of the total energy dissipated on the Patagonian Shelf which, in turn, is one of the most dissipative areas of the world ocean. The Simpson-Hunter parameter computed from the simulations shows that in the mouth of the gulfs, particularly in San Matías and east of the Península de Valdes, the tides are energetic enough to overcome stratification and produce tidal fronts. The locations where tidal fronts are located are highly consistent with results from sea surface temperature and primary productivity data analyzed by other authors.Fil: Moreira, Diego. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; ArgentinaFil: Simionato, Claudia Gloria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; ArgentinaFil: Dragani, Walter Cesar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Ministerio de Defensa. Armada Argentina. Servicio de Hidrografía Naval; ArgentinaCoastal Education & Research Foundation2011-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/102386Moreira, Diego; Simionato, Claudia Gloria; Dragani, Walter Cesar; Modeling Ocean Tides and Their Energetics in the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina; Coastal Education & Research Foundation; Journal of Coastal Research; 27; 1; 1-2011; 87-1020749-0208CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://meridian.allenpress.com/jcr/article-abstract/27/1/87/28244/Modeling-Ocean-Tides-and-Their-Energetics-in-the?redirectedFrom=fulltextinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-09-00055.1info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:36:25Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/102386instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:36:25.759CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Modeling Ocean Tides and Their Energetics in the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina
title Modeling Ocean Tides and Their Energetics in the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina
spellingShingle Modeling Ocean Tides and Their Energetics in the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina
Moreira, Diego
TIDAL ENERGETIC
PATAGONIAN SHELF
ARGENTINA CONTINENTAL SHELF
NORTH PARAGONIAN GULFS
title_short Modeling Ocean Tides and Their Energetics in the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina
title_full Modeling Ocean Tides and Their Energetics in the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina
title_fullStr Modeling Ocean Tides and Their Energetics in the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Modeling Ocean Tides and Their Energetics in the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina
title_sort Modeling Ocean Tides and Their Energetics in the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Moreira, Diego
Simionato, Claudia Gloria
Dragani, Walter Cesar
author Moreira, Diego
author_facet Moreira, Diego
Simionato, Claudia Gloria
Dragani, Walter Cesar
author_role author
author2 Simionato, Claudia Gloria
Dragani, Walter Cesar
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv TIDAL ENERGETIC
PATAGONIAN SHELF
ARGENTINA CONTINENTAL SHELF
NORTH PARAGONIAN GULFS
topic TIDAL ENERGETIC
PATAGONIAN SHELF
ARGENTINA CONTINENTAL SHELF
NORTH PARAGONIAN GULFS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv During the last decade, global tidal models have spectacularly improved. However, they still have difficulties in resolving tides over continental shelves and near coastlines. This study of tidal propagation from the continental shelf to the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina applies a set of three nested high resolution models based on the Hamburg shelf ocean model (HamSOM), where particular attention was paid to the bathymetry and the coast line. The study is complemented by the use of all the tidal gauge and tidal current observations available. Simulations display good agreement with observations, permitting the construction of higher resolution and more reliable cotidal and corange charts. The tidal regime in the area is essentially semidiurnal and dominated by M2. This constituent propagates northward as a Kelvin wave and reaches the gulfs from the south. In their interior an important amplification is observed. Tidal currents are large at the mouths of the gulfs, and weaken toward their interior. The nonlinear transfer of energy from the semidiurnal to higher order harmonics was analyzed. This can be very important in the interior of the gulfs, particularly in Nuevo Gulf and in the northwestern San Matías Gulf, close to San Antonio. Energy flux and energy dissipation by bottom friction has been computed and indicate that this region dissipates 17% of the total energy dissipated on the Patagonian Shelf which, in turn, is one of the most dissipative areas of the world ocean. The Simpson-Hunter parameter computed from the simulations shows that in the mouth of the gulfs, particularly in San Matías and east of the Península de Valdes, the tides are energetic enough to overcome stratification and produce tidal fronts. The locations where tidal fronts are located are highly consistent with results from sea surface temperature and primary productivity data analyzed by other authors.
Fil: Moreira, Diego. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina
Fil: Simionato, Claudia Gloria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina
Fil: Dragani, Walter Cesar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Ministerio de Defensa. Armada Argentina. Servicio de Hidrografía Naval; Argentina
description During the last decade, global tidal models have spectacularly improved. However, they still have difficulties in resolving tides over continental shelves and near coastlines. This study of tidal propagation from the continental shelf to the North Patagonia Gulfs of Argentina applies a set of three nested high resolution models based on the Hamburg shelf ocean model (HamSOM), where particular attention was paid to the bathymetry and the coast line. The study is complemented by the use of all the tidal gauge and tidal current observations available. Simulations display good agreement with observations, permitting the construction of higher resolution and more reliable cotidal and corange charts. The tidal regime in the area is essentially semidiurnal and dominated by M2. This constituent propagates northward as a Kelvin wave and reaches the gulfs from the south. In their interior an important amplification is observed. Tidal currents are large at the mouths of the gulfs, and weaken toward their interior. The nonlinear transfer of energy from the semidiurnal to higher order harmonics was analyzed. This can be very important in the interior of the gulfs, particularly in Nuevo Gulf and in the northwestern San Matías Gulf, close to San Antonio. Energy flux and energy dissipation by bottom friction has been computed and indicate that this region dissipates 17% of the total energy dissipated on the Patagonian Shelf which, in turn, is one of the most dissipative areas of the world ocean. The Simpson-Hunter parameter computed from the simulations shows that in the mouth of the gulfs, particularly in San Matías and east of the Península de Valdes, the tides are energetic enough to overcome stratification and produce tidal fronts. The locations where tidal fronts are located are highly consistent with results from sea surface temperature and primary productivity data analyzed by other authors.
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