@misc{becherer_saturation_of_2021, author={Becherer, J., Moum, J., Calantoni, J., Colosi, J., Barth, J., Lerczak, J., McSweeney, J., MacKinnnon, J., Waterhouse, A.}, title={Saturation of the Internal Tide over the Inner Continental Shelf. Part I: Observations}, year={2021}, howpublished = {journal article}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0264.1}, abstract = {Broadly distributed measurements of velocity, density, and turbulence spanning the inner shelf off central California indicate that (i) the average shoreward-directed internal tide energy flux ⟨FE⟩ decreases to near 0 at the 25-m isobath; (ii) the vertically integrated turbulence dissipation rate ⟨D⟩ is approximately equal to the flux divergence of internal tide energy ∂x⟨FE⟩; (iii) the ratio of turbulence energy dissipation in the interior relative to the bottom boundary layer (BBL) decreases toward shallow waters; (iv) going inshore, ⟨FE⟩ becomes decorrelated with the incoming internal wave energy flux; and (v) ⟨FE⟩ becomes increasingly correlated with stratification toward shallower water.}, note = {Online available at: \url{https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0264.1} (DOI). Becherer, J.; Moum, J.; Calantoni, J.; Colosi, J.; Barth, J.; Lerczak, J.; McSweeney, J.; MacKinnnon, J.; Waterhouse, A.: Saturation of the Internal Tide over the Inner Continental Shelf. Part I: Observations. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2021. vol. 51, no. 8, 2553-2563. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-20-0264.1}}