Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-145-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-145-2017
Research article
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17 Feb 2017
Research article |  | 17 Feb 2017

Seiche excitation in a highly stratified fjord of southern Chile: the Reloncaví fjord

Manuel I. Castillo, Oscar Pizarro, Nadin Ramírez, and Mario Cáceres

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Oceanografía del fiordo Reloncaví, Universidad de Concepción COPAS-Sur Austral http://www.reloncavi.udec.cl/

Datos hidrológicos en tiempo real Dirección General de Aguas http://dgasatel.mop.cl/

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Short summary
Here we present the results of an intensive physical oceanography study conducted in the Reloncavi fjord (41.5º S, 72.5º W) which was focused on the sub-inertial timescale. The along-fjord currents presented 3-day oscillations which were consistent with the natural internal period of oscillation of the fjord basin (internal seiche). This oscillation could explain more than 44 % of the 3-day variability and contributed with kinetic energy levels as large as the tidal currents.