NICO 2

Take field measurements and conduct numerical experiments to determine the relative roles of wind shear inputs, coastally trapped waves, vertical energy fluxes, frictional decay, and nonlinear processes in the spin-up, energy transfer, and decay of near-inertial oscillations near a coastline. A better understanding of the roles of these dynamical terms will inform techniques for assimilation of high-frequency currents and lead to improved coastal predictions.